Hebestigma is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae.[2] It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae.[3] It includes a single species, Hebestigma cubense, a tree endemic to Cuba.[1]

Hebestigma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Robinieae
Genus: Hebestigma
Urb. (1900)
Species:
H. cubense
Binomial name
Hebestigma cubense
(Kunth) Urb. (1900)
Synonyms[1]
  • Gliricidia cubensis (Kunth) C.Wright (1869)
  • Gliricidia latifolia Griseb. (1866)
  • Gliricidia platycarpa Griseb. (1866)
  • Gliricidia sagrae Benth. ex Urb. (1900), pro syn.
  • Hebestigma cubense var. latifolium (Griseb.) Urb. (1900)
  • Robinia cubensis Kunth (1824)

References

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  1. ^ a b Hebestigma cubense (Kunth) Urb. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  2. ^ Lavin, Matt; Wojciechowski, Martin F.; Gasson, Peter; Hughes, Colin; Wheeler, Elisabeth (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. ISSN 0363-6445. JSTOR 3094008.
  3. ^ Nieto-Blázquez, María Esther; Antonelli, Alexandre; Roncal, Julissa (December 2017). "Historical Biogeography of endemic seed plant genera in the Caribbean: Did GAARlandia play a role?". Ecology and Evolution. 7 (23): 10158–10174. Bibcode:2017EcoEv...710158N. doi:10.1002/ece3.3521. PMC 5723623. PMID 29238545.