Poeppigia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes two species of trees native to the tropical Americas, ranging from southern Mexico to Bolivia and southeastern Brazil, including Cuba. They grow in forest and woodland, savanna, and shrubland.[1] It belongs to the subfamily Dialioideae.[2]

Poeppigia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Dialioideae
Genus: Poeppigia
C.Presl (1831)
Species
Synonyms[1]
  • Ramirezia A.Rich. (1846)

References

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  1. ^ a b Poeppigia C.Presl. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  2. ^ The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG). (2017). "A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny". Taxon. 66 (1): 44–77. doi:10.12705/661.3. hdl:10568/90658.