Coulteria Explained

Coulteria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. It includes ten species native the tropical Americas, from northern Mexico through Central America to Colombia and Venzezuela, including Cuba and Jamaica.

Species

Coulteria comprises the following species:^[1]

• Coulteria cubensis (Greenm. 1897) S. Sotuyo & G.P. Lewis 2017 – Cuba, Jamaica, southeastern Mexico, Belize, and Honduras
• Coulteria delgadoana – southwestern Mexico (Michoacán and Guerrero)
• Coulteria glabra (Britton & Rose 1930) J.L. Contreras, S. Sotuyo & G.P. Lewis 2017 – western Mexico

• Coulteria lewisii – southwestern Mexico (Michoacán and Guerrero)

• Coulteria mollis Kunth – eastern Mexico to Colombia and Venezuela
• Coulteria platyloba (S.Watson) N.Zamora – Mexico, Guatemala, and Costa Rica
• Coulteria pringlei (Britton & Rose 1930) J.L. Contreras, S. Sotuyo & G.P. Lewis 2017 – northeastern Mexico
• Coulteria pumila (Britton & Rose 1930) S. Sotuyo & G.P. Lewis 2017 – northwestern Mexico (Sonora)
• Coulteria rosalindamedinae – south-central Mexico Puebla and Oaxaca)

• Coulteria velutina (Britton & Rose 1930) S. Sotuyo & G.P. Lewis 2017 – northwestern Mexico to Nicaragua

Notes and References

1. Sotuyo S, Contreras JL, Gagnon E, Lewis GP . 2017 . A synopsis of Coulteria (Leguminosae), including new names and synonyms . . 291 . 1 . 33–42 . 10.11646/phytotaxa.291.1.3.