Dipteryx

Dipteryx
Baru tree (Dipteryx alata)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Dipterygeae
Genus: Dipteryx
Schreb.
Species

12; see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Baryosma Gaertn. (1790), nom. rej.
  • Bolducia Neck. (1790), opus utique oppr.
  • Coumarouna Aubl. (1775), nom. rej.
  • Cumaruna J.F.Gmel. (1792), orth. var.
  • Heinzia Scop. (1777)
  • Oleiocarpon Dwyer (1965)

Dipteryx is a genus containing a number of species of large trees and possibly shrubs. It belongs to the "papilionoid" subfamily – Faboideae – of the family Fabaceae. This genus is native to South and Central America and the Caribbean. Formerly, the related genus Taralea was included in Dipteryx.

  1. ^ Dipteryx Schreb. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 18 August.