Poitea is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes 12 species of trees and shrubs native to the Caribbean islands of Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Dominica. Typical habitats include seasonally-dry tropical lowland to montane forest, thicket, and thorn scrub, often in secondary vegetation and on steep slopes or roadsides.[1] It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae.[2]
poitea, genus, flowering, plants, legume, family, fabaceae, includes, species, trees, shrubs, native, caribbean, islands, cuba, hispaniola, puerto, rico, virgin, islands, dominica, typical, habitats, include, seasonally, tropical, lowland, montane, forest, thi. Poitea is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family Fabaceae It includes 12 species of trees and shrubs native to the Caribbean islands of Cuba Hispaniola Puerto Rico the Virgin Islands and Dominica Typical habitats include seasonally dry tropical lowland to montane forest thicket and thorn scrub often in secondary vegetation and on steep slopes or roadsides 1 It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae 2 Poitea campanilla DC Poitea carinalis Griseb Lavin Poitea dubia Poir Lavin Poitea florida Vahl Lavin Poitea galegoides Vent Poitea glyciphylla Poir Urb Poitea gracilis Griseb Lavin Poitea immarginata C Wright Lavin Poitea longiflora Urb Poitea multiflora Sw Urb Poitea paucifolia DC Lavin Poitea punicea Urb LavinPoiteaScientific classificationKingdom PlantaeClade TracheophytesClade AngiospermsClade EudicotsClade RosidsOrder FabalesFamily FabaceaeSubfamily FaboideaeTribe RobinieaeGenus PoiteaVent 1807 Species 1 12 see textSynonyms 1 Bembicidium Rydb 1920 Cajalbania Urb 1928 Corynella DC 1825 Corynitis Spreng 1827 Notodon Urb 1899 Sabinea DC 1825 Sauvallella Rydb 1924 Toxotropis Turcz 1846 Vilmorinia DC 1825 References edit a b c Poitea Vent Plants of the World Online Retrieved 16 September 2023 http www theplantlist org tpl1 1 search q Poitea Poitea at Plant List nbsp This Faboideae related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Poitea amp oldid 1180018759, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
