Dialium

Dialium
	Dialium guineense
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Dialioideae
Genus:	Dialium; L.
Synonyms
	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 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]

Species

As of August 2023^[update], Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:^[1]

Dialium angolense Welw. ex Oliv.
Dialium bipindense Harms
Dialium cochinchinense Pierre
Dialium congestum M.J.Falcão & Mansano
Dialium dinklagei Harms
Dialium englerianum Henriq.
Dialium excelsum Louis ex Steyaert
Dialium graciliflorum Harms
Dialium guianense (Aubl.) Sandwith
Dialium guineense Willd.
Dialium heterophyllum M.J.Falcão & Mansano
Dialium hexaestaminatum M.J.Falcão & Mansano
Dialium hexasepalum Harms
Dialium holtzii Harms
Dialium hydnocarpoides de Wit
Dialium indum L. - type species
Dialium kasaiense Louis ex Steyaert
Dialium kunstleri Prain
Dialium latifolium Harms
Dialium lopense Breteler
Dialium madagascariense Baill. ex Drake
Dialium occidentale (Capuron) Du Puy & R.Rabev.
Dialium orientale Baker f.
Dialium ovoideum Thwaites
Dialium pachyphyllum Harms
Dialium pentandrum Louis ex Steyaert
Dialium platysepalum Baker
Dialium pobeguinii Pellegr.
Dialium poggei Harms
Dialium polyanthum Harms (synonym Dialium corbisieri Staner)
Dialium reygaertii De Wild.
Dialium rondoniense M.J.Falcão & Mansano
Dialium schlechteri Harms
Dialium tessmannii Harms
Dialium travancoricum Bourd.
Dialium unifoliolatum Capuron
Dialium zenkeri Harms

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Dialium L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
^ 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.

External links

Dialium in West African plants – A Photo Guide.
Media related to Dialium at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Dialium at Wikispecies

[powo-1] "Dialium L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 18 August 2023.

[6subfamilies-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.

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