Dialium

Dialium
Dialium guineense
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Dialioideae
Genus: Dialium
L.
Synonyms[1]
  • Andradia Sim (1909)
  • Arouna Aubl. (1775)
  • Cleyria Neck. (1790), opus utique oppr.
  • Codarium Sol. ex Vahl (1804)
  • Correa M.E.Becerra (1936), no Latin descr.
  • Dansera Steenis (1948)
  • Rhynchocarpa Backer ex K. Heyne (1927), nom. illeg.
  • Sciaplea Rauschert (1982)
  • Sennia Chiov. (1932), non Pascher (1912).
Dialium sp. - MHNT

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]

  1. ^ a b "Dialium L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 18 August 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.