Pseudalbizzia sect. Pterocarpa E.J.M. Koenen & Duno, 2022

Aviles Peraza, Gabriela, Koenen, Erik J. M., Riina, Ricarda, Hughes, Colin E., Ringelberg, Jens J., Carnevali Fernandez-Concha, German, Ramirez Morillo, Ivon Mercedes, Can Itza, Lilia Lorena, Tamayo-Cen, Ivan, Ramirez Prado, Jorge Humberto, Cornejo, Xavier, Mattapha, Sawai & Duno de Stefano, Rodrigo, 2022, Re-establishment of the genus Pseudalbizzia (Leguminosae, Caesalpinioideae, mimosoid clade): the New World species formerly placed in Albizia, PhytoKeys 205, pp. 371-400 : 371

Pseudalbizzia sect. Pterocarpa E.J.M. Koenen & Duno sect. nov.

Type.

Pithecellobium niopoides Spruce ex Benth. = Pseudalbizzia niopoides (Spruce ex Benth.) E.J.M. Koenen & Duno.

Notes.

Microphyllidious trees with the inflorescence usually composed of axillary efoliate pseudoracemes, sometimes a partly or wholly terminal panicle (but not surpassing the foliage), the fruit with a narrowly winged margin and seeds oblique. A single widespread species found in deciduous seasonally dry forests, gallery forest, and evergreen forests in Mexico, Central and South America (Fig. 6 ).

Figures

Figure 6. Distribution map of Pseudalbizzia sections Arthrosamanea and Pterocarpa, as per the legend.