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
	eight; see text
Synonyms
	Batschia Vahl (1794), not validly publ.

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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

^ ^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.

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[powo-1] Humboldtia Vahl. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 1 September 2023.

[2] 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.

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