Dialium

Short description: Genus of legumes

Dialium

Dialium guineense
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Rosids
Order:  | Fabales
Family:  | Fabaceae
Subfamily:  | Dialioideae
Genus:  | Dialium

Synonyms[1]

* Andradia Sim (1909)
* Arouna Aubl. (1775)
* Cleyria Neck. (1790), opus utique oppr.
* Codarium Sol. ex Vahl (1804)
* Correa M.E.Becerra (1936), no Latin descr.
* Dansera Steenis (1948)
* Rhynchocarpa Backer ex K. Heyne (1927), nom. illeg.
* Sciaplea Rauschert (1982)
* Sennia Chiov. (1932), non Pascher (1912).

Dialium sp. - MHNT

Dialium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, subfamily Dialioideae.[2] Velvet tamarind is a common name for several species. The genus includes 37 species which range from the tropical Americas to sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar, India, Indochina, and western Malesia.[1]

## Species

As of August 2023[update], Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:[1]

* Dialium angolense Welw. ex Oliv.
* Dialium bipindense Harms
* Dialium cochinchinense Pierre
* Dialium congestum M.J.Falcão & Mansano
* Dialium dinklagei Harms
* Dialium englerianum Henriq.
* Dialium excelsum Louis ex Steyaert
* Dialium graciliflorum Harms
* Dialium guianense (Aubl.) Sandwith
* Dialium guineense Willd.
* Dialium heterophyllum M.J.Falcão & Mansano
* Dialium hexaestaminatum M.J.Falcão & Mansano
* Dialium hexasepalum Harms
* Dialium holtzii Harms
* Dialium hydnocarpoides de Wit
* Dialium indum L. \- type species
* Dialium kasaiense Louis ex Steyaert
* Dialium kunstleri Prain
* Dialium latifolium Harms
* Dialium lopense Breteler
* Dialium madagascariense Baill. ex Drake
* Dialium occidentale (Capuron) Du Puy & R.Rabev.
* Dialium orientale Baker f.
* Dialium ovoideum Thwaites
* Dialium pachyphyllum Harms
* Dialium pentandrum Louis ex Steyaert
* Dialium platysepalum Baker
* Dialium pobeguinii Pellegr.
* Dialium poggei Harms
* Dialium polyanthum Harms (synonym Dialium corbisieri Staner)
* Dialium reygaertii De Wild.
* Dialium rondoniense M.J.Falcão & Mansano
* Dialium schlechteri Harms
* Dialium tessmannii Harms
* Dialium travancoricum Bourd.
* Dialium unifoliolatum Capuron
* Dialium zenkeri Harms

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Dialium L..". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:22238-1.
2. ↑ The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG). (2017). "A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny". Taxon 66 (1): 44–77. doi:10.12705/661.3.

## External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5236308 entry

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