Hydrochorea Explained

Hydrochorea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes 11 species native to Central and South America and west and west-central Africa. It belongs to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae.^[1]

• Hydrochorea acreana
• Hydrochorea corymbosa (Rich.) Barneby & J.W.Grimes
• Hydrochorea elegans
• Hydrochorea gonggrijpii (Kleinhoonte) Barneby & J.W.Grimes
• Hydrochorea leucocalyx
• Hydrochorea marginata (Benth.) Barneby & J.W.Grimes
• Hydrochorea marginata
• Hydrochorea obliquifoliolata
• Hydrochorea panurensis
• Hydrochorea pedicellaris
• Hydrochorea rhombifolia
• Hydrochorea uaupensis

Etymology

The synonym Balizia is a taxonomic anagram derived from the name of the confamilial genus Albizia. The latter name is a taxonomic patronym honoring the Italian nobleman Filippo degli Albizzi, who introduced Albizia julibrissin to Europe in the mid-18th century.^[2]

Notes and References

1. The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG). . 2017 . A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny . . 66 . 1 . 44–77 . 10.12705/661.3. free . 10568/90658 . free .
2. Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen - Erweiterte Edition. Index of Eponymic Plant Names - Extended Edition. Index de Noms éponymiques des Plantes - Édition augmentée . 2018-06-06 . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin . A13 . 978-3-946292-26-5 . de . 10.3372/epolist2018 .