Humboldtia
| Humboldtia | |
|---|---|
| |
| Humboldtia decurrens flower | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Detarioideae |
| Tribe: | Amherstieae |
| Genus: | Humboldtia Vahl (1794), nom. cons. |
| Species[1] | |
|
eight; see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
|
Batschia Vahl (1794), not validly publ. | |
Humboldtia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes eight species of trees and shrubs native to India and Sri Lanka.[1] Most species are endemic to the Western Ghats of southwestern India, with one species ranging southwards to Sri Lanka.[1][2] Typical habitats include tropical lowland and montane rain forest, often along rivers.[1]
- Humboldtia bourdillonii Prain
- Humboldtia brunonis Wall.
- Humboldtia decurrens Bedd. ex Oliv.
- Humboldtia laurifolia Vahl
- Humboldtia ponmudiana E.S.S.Kumar, Shareef & Raj Vikr.
- Humboldtia sanjappae Sasidh. & Sujanapal
- Humboldtia unijuga Bedd.
- Humboldtia vahliana Wight
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e Humboldtia Vahl. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
- ^ Gaume, L., Zacharias, M., Grosbois, V., & Borges, R. M. (2005). The fitness consequences of bearing domatia and having the right ant partner: experiments with protective and non-protective ants in a semi-myrmecophyte. Oecologia, 145(1), 76-86.
| Authority control databases: National |
|---|
 | This Detarioideae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |