Poissonia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fabales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Robinieae
Genus: Poissonia
Species: P. eriantha – P. heterantha –P. hypoleuca – P. orbicularis – P. weberbaueri

Name

Poissonia Baill. Adansonia 9: 295. (1870)

• Type species: Poissonia orbicularis (Benth.) Hauman Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1925(6): 278. (1925)

Synonyms

• Chiovendaea Speg.
• Neocracca Kuntze
  

Note: Often treated as congeneric with Coursetia DC. Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 4(1): 92. (1825) (Tropicos, 2016), but segregated by Lavin (2003) and Pennington (et al.), (2011).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental:Southern America Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Peru References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Baillon, H.E. 1870. Adansonia 9: 295. BHL

Additional references

• Lavin, M., Wojciechowski, M.F., Gasson, P., Hughes, C. & Wheeler, E. 2003. Phylogeny of robinioid legumes (Fabaceae) revisited: Coursetia and Gliricidia recircumscribed, and a biogeographical appraisal of the Caribbean endemics. Systematic Botany 28(2): 387–409. DOI: 10.1043/0363-6445-28.2.387 PDF Reference page. 
• Pennington, R.T., Daza, A., Reynel, C. & Lavin, M. 2011. Poissonia eriantha (Leguminosae) from Cuzco, Peru: an overlooked species underscores a pattern of narrow endemism common to seasonally dry neotropical vegetation. Systematic Botany 36(1): 59–68. DOI: 10.1600/036364411X553135 Full text PDF. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Poissonia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jan 01. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Poissonia. Published online. Accessed: Jan 01 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Poissonia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 01 Jan 2020.
• Hassler, M. 2020. Poissonia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jan 01. Reference page. 

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