Piptadenia | |
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Piptadenia gonoacantha in Brazil | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
Clade: | Mimosoid clade |
Genus: |
Piptadenia Benth. (1840) [1] |
Species [2] | |
28; see text | |
Synonyms [2] | |
Stachychrysum Bojer (1837) |
Piptadenia is a genus of tropical shrubs and trees of the family Fabaceae. It includes 28 species native to the tropical Americas, ranging from central Mexico to southern Brazil and northwestern Argentina. [2]
28 species are accepted: [2]
Several species formerly placed in this genus (such as those used to prepare the psychotomimetic snuffs vilca and yopo/parica) are now considered to be in the genus Anadenanthera. Three species have also been placed in genus Adenopodia. [4] Others have been moved to the genus Pityrocarpa. [5]
Piptadenia | |
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Piptadenia gonoacantha in Brazil | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
Clade: | Mimosoid clade |
Genus: |
Piptadenia Benth. (1840) [1] |
Species [2] | |
28; see text | |
Synonyms [2] | |
Stachychrysum Bojer (1837) |
Piptadenia is a genus of tropical shrubs and trees of the family Fabaceae. It includes 28 species native to the tropical Americas, ranging from central Mexico to southern Brazil and northwestern Argentina. [2]
28 species are accepted: [2]
Several species formerly placed in this genus (such as those used to prepare the psychotomimetic snuffs vilca and yopo/parica) are now considered to be in the genus Anadenanthera. Three species have also been placed in genus Adenopodia. [4] Others have been moved to the genus Pityrocarpa. [5]