Poissonia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fabales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Robinieae
Genus: Poissonia
Species: P. eriantha – P. heterantha –P. hypoleuca – P. orbicularis – P. weberbaueri

Name

Poissonia Baill. Adansonia 9: 295. (1870)

Type species: Poissonia orbicularis (Benth.) Hauman Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1925(6): 278. (1925)

Synonyms

Chiovendaea Speg.
Neocracca Kuntze

Note: Often treated as congeneric with Coursetia DC. Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 4(1): 92. (1825) (Tropicos, 2016), but segregated by Lavin (2003) and Pennington (et al.), (2011).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental:Southern America Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Peru References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Baillon, H.E. 1870. Adansonia 9: 295. BHL

Additional references

Lavin, M., Wojciechowski, M.F., Gasson, P., Hughes, C. & Wheeler, E. 2003. Phylogeny of robinioid legumes (Fabaceae) revisited: Coursetia and Gliricidia recircumscribed, and a biogeographical appraisal of the Caribbean endemics. Systematic Botany 28(2): 387–409. DOI: 10.1043/0363-6445-28.2.387 PDF Reference page.
Pennington, R.T., Daza, A., Reynel, C. & Lavin, M. 2011. Poissonia eriantha (Leguminosae) from Cuzco, Peru: an overlooked species underscores a pattern of narrow endemism common to seasonally dry neotropical vegetation. Systematic Botany 36(1): 59–68. DOI: 10.1600/036364411X553135 Full text PDF. Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Poissonia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jan 01. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Poissonia. Published online. Accessed: Jan 01 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Poissonia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 01 Jan 2020.
Hassler, M. 2020. Poissonia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jan 01. Reference page.