''Parkia'' is a

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Fabaceae. It belongs to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. Several species are known as African locust bean. In 1995, about 31

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were known.Melissa Luckow and Helen C.F. Hopkins. 1995. "A cladistic analysis of ''Parkia''". ''American Journal of Botany'' 82(10):1300-1320. Four more species were outlined in 2009.David A. Neill. 2009. "''Parkia nana'' (Leguminosae, Mimosoideae), a New Species from the Sub-Andean Sandstone Cordilleras of Peru". ''Novon'' 19(2):204-208. Parkia species are found throughout the tropics, with four species in Africa, about ten in Asia, and about 20 in the

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. The neotropical species were revised in 1986.Helen C.F. Hopkins and Marlene Freitas Da Silva. 1986. "''Parkia'' (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) (Flora Neotropica Monograph No. 43) with ''Dimorphandra'' (Caesalpiniaceae) (FN Monograph No. 44)". In: ''Flora Neotropica (series). The New York Botanical Garden Press.

Species

, Plants of the World Online (POWO) recognised the following species: * '' Parkia bahiae'' * '' Parkia balslevii'' * ''

Parkia barnebyana ''Parkia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. Several species are known as African locust bean. In 1995, about 31 species were known.Melissa Luckow and ...

'' * '' Parkia bicolor'' – African locust-bean * '' Parkia biglandulosa'' * ''

Parkia biglobosa ''Parkia biglobosa'', known in English as the African locust bean, is a perennial deciduous tree in the family Fabaceae. It is found in a wide range of environments in Africa and is primarily grown for its pods that contain both a sweet pulp and ...

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Parkia cachimboensis ''Parkia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. Several species are known as African locust bean. In 1995, about 31 species were known.Melissa Luckow and ...

'' * '' Parkia decussata'' * '' Parkia discolor'' * '' Parkia filicina'' * '' Parkia filicoidea'' * '' Parkia gigantocarpa'' * ''

Parkia igneiflora ''Parkia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. Several species are known as African locust bean. In 1995, about 31 species were known.Melissa Luckow and ...

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Parkia insignis ''Parkia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. Several species are known as African locust bean. In 1995, about 31 species were known.Melissa Luckow and ...

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Parkia intermedia ''Parkia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. Several species are known as African locust bean. In 1995, about 31 species were known.Melissa Luckow and ...

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Parkia javanica ''Parkia javanica'' Lam., syn. ''Parkia roxburghii'' G. Don. (Indonesian: ''kedaung'', Javanese: ''kedhawung'', Filipino: ''cupang'') is a plant of the genus ''Parkia'' in the family Mimosaceae.Deb. D.B. (1981)."The Flora of Tripura State". o ...

'' * '' Parkia korom'' * '' Parkia leiophylla'' * '' Parkia lutea'' * '' Parkia madagascariensis'' * '' Parkia multijuga'' * '' Parkia nana'' * '' Parkia nitida'' * '' Parkia panurensis'' * ''

Parkia paraensis ''Parkia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. Several species are known as African locust bean. In 1995, about 31 species were known.Melissa Luckow and ...

'' * '' Parkia parrii'' * '' Parkia parvifoliola'' * '' Parkia paya'' * ''

Parkia pendula ''Parkia pendula'' is a species of neotropical evergreen tree found throughout Central and South America.Hopkins, H.C., Parkia (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae). Flora Neotropica, 1986: p. 1-123. It is part of the ''Parkia'' genus, a group of flowering ...

'' * '' Parkia platycephala'' * '' Parkia reticulata'' * '' Parkia sherfeseei'' * '' Parkia singularis'' * ''

Parkia speciosa ''Parkia speciosa'', the bitter bean, twisted cluster bean or stink bean, is a plant of the genus ''Parkia'' in the family Fabaceae. It bears long, flat edible beans with bright green seeds the size and shape of plump almonds which have a ra ...

'' – twisted cluster bean, stink bean * '' Parkia sumatrana'' * ''

Parkia timoriana ''Parkia timoriana'' is a species of flowering plant in the legume family. English common names include tree bean.Thangjam, R. and L. Sahoo. (2012)''In vitro'' regeneration and ''Agrobacterium tumefaciens''-mediated genetic transformation of '' ...

'' – tree bean * ''

Parkia truncata ''Parkia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. Several species are known as African locust bean. In 1995, about 31 species were known.Melissa Luckow and H ...

'' * '' Parkia ulei'' * '' Parkia velutina'' * '' Parkia versteeghii''

References

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