Dialium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, subfamily Dialioideae.[2] Velvet tamarind is a common name for several species. The genus includes 37 species which range from the tropical Americas to sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar, India, Indochina, and western Malesia.[1]
| Dialium | |
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| Dialium guineense | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Dialioideae |
| Genus: | Dialium L. |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Species edit
As of August 2023[update], Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:[1]
- Dialium angolense Welw. ex Oliv.
- Dialium bipindense Harms
- Dialium cochinchinense Pierre
- Dialium congestum M.J.Falcão & Mansano
- Dialium dinklagei Harms
- Dialium englerianum Henriq.
- Dialium excelsum Louis ex Steyaert
- Dialium graciliflorum Harms
- Dialium guianense (Aubl.) Sandwith
- Dialium guineense Willd.
- Dialium heterophyllum M.J.Falcão & Mansano
- Dialium hexaestaminatum M.J.Falcão & Mansano
- Dialium hexasepalum Harms
- Dialium holtzii Harms
- Dialium hydnocarpoides de Wit
- Dialium indum L. - type species
- Dialium kasaiense Louis ex Steyaert
- Dialium kunstleri Prain
- Dialium latifolium Harms
- Dialium lopense Breteler
- Dialium madagascariense Baill. ex Drake
- Dialium occidentale (Capuron) Du Puy & R.Rabev.
- Dialium orientale Baker f.
- Dialium ovoideum Thwaites
- Dialium pachyphyllum Harms
- Dialium pentandrum Louis ex Steyaert
- Dialium platysepalum Baker
- Dialium pobeguinii Pellegr.
- Dialium poggei Harms
- Dialium polyanthum Harms (synonym Dialium corbisieri Staner)
- Dialium reygaertii De Wild.
- Dialium rondoniense M.J.Falcão & Mansano
- Dialium schlechteri Harms
- Dialium tessmannii Harms
- Dialium travancoricum Bourd.
- Dialium unifoliolatum Capuron
- Dialium zenkeri Harms
References edit
- ^ a b c "Dialium L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ^ 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.
External links edit
- Dialium in West African plants – A Photo Guide.
Media related to Dialium at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Dialium at Wikispecies
