Koompassia Explained

Koompassia is a genus of legume in the family Fabaceae. It includes three species with range across southeast Asia, from Thailand to New Guinea. It belongs to the subfamily Dialioideae.[1] They are tall tropical forest trees; K. excelsa is one of the tallest tree species in the tropics.

Species

Plants of the World Online includes:

  1. Koompassia excelsa – Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, and Philippines
  2. Koompassia grandiflora – New Guinea
  3. Koompassia malaccensis – Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, and Borneo

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 .

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