''Smithia'' is a genus of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
s in the
legume family,
Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily
Faboideae
The Faboideae are a subfamily of the flowering plant family Fabaceae or Leguminosae. An acceptable alternative name for the subfamily is Papilionoideae, or Papilionaceae when this group of plants is treated as a family.
This subfamily is widely ...
, and was recently assigned to the informal
monophyletic ''Dalbergia'' clade of the
Dalbergieae
The tribe Dalbergieae is an early-branching clade within the flowering plant subfamily Faboideae (or Papilionaceae). Within that subfamily, it belongs to an unranked clade called the dalbergioids. It was recently revised to include many genera ...
.
Species
''Smithia'' comprises the following species:
* ''
Smithia abyssinica''
(A. Rich.) Verdc.
* ''
Smithia agharkarii''
Hemadri
* ''
Smithia bigemina''
Dalzell
* ''
Smithia blanda''
Wall.
* ''
Smithia capitata''
Dalzell
* ''
Smithia ciliata''
Royle
* ''
Smithia conferta''
Sm.
* ''
Smithia elliotii''
Baker f.
* ''
Smithia erubescens''
(E. Mey.) Baker f.
* ''
Smithia eylesii''
S. Moore
* ''
Smithia finetii''
Gagnep.
* ''
Smithia gracilis''
Benth.
* ''
Smithia grandis''
Baker
* ''
Smithia hirsuta''
Dalzell
* ''
Smithia laxiflora''
Wight & Arn.
* ''
Smithia oligantha''
Blatt.
* ''
Smithia purpurea''
Hook.
* ''
Smithia pycnantha''
Baker
* ''
Smithia salsuginea''
Hance
* ''
Smithia sensitiva''
Aiton
* ''
Smithia setulosa''
Dalzell
* ''
Smithia venkobarowii''
Gamble
References
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Dalbergieae
Fabaceae genera
Taxa named by William Aiton
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