Haematoxylum Explained

Haematoxylum is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae^[1] and the tribe Caesalpinieae.^[2] It includes five species, four of which are native to the tropical Americas from Mexico to Colombia, and one to Namibia.^[3]

Species

Haematoxylum comprises the following species:^{[2] [4] [5]}

• Haematoxylum brasiletto H.Karst. — Palo Brasil, Brazilette, Peachwood (Mexico, Central America, Colombia, and Venezuela)
• Haematoxylum calakmulense Cruz Durán & M. Sousa (southeastern Mexico)
• Haematoxylum campechianum L. — Logwood (Southern Mexico, northern Central America)
• Haematoxylum dinteri Harms (southern Namibia)
• Haematoxylum sousanum Cruz Durán & J. Jiménez Ram. (western Mexico)

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. Gagnon E, Bruneau A, Hughes CE, de Queiroz LP, Lewis GP . 2016 . A new generic system for the pantropical Caesalpinia group (Leguminosae) . PhytoKeys . 71 . 1–160 . 10.3897/phytokeys.71.9203 . 28814915 . 5558824 . free .
3. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60452862-2 Haematoxylum L.
4. Web site: Species Records of Haematoxylum . . . 2008-07-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081015002009/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?5305 . 2008-10-15 . dead .
5. Durán RC, Sousa SM . 2014 . Haematoxylum calakmulense (Leguminosae, Caesalpinioideae), una nueva especie mesoamericana . Haematoxylum calakmulense (Leguminosae, Caesalpinioideae), a new Mesoamerican species . . 23 . 1 . 31–36 . 10.3417/2011106. 85111058 .