Staminodianthus

Staminodianthus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Leptolobieae
Genus: Staminodianthus
D.B.O.S.Cardoso, H.C.Lima & L.P.Queiroz (2013)
Species
  • Staminodianthus duckei (Yakovlev) D.B.O.S. Cardoso & H.C. Lima
  • Staminodianthus racemosus (Hoehne) D.B.O.S. Cardoso & H.C. Lima
  • Staminodianthus rosae (H.C. Lima) D.B.O.S. Cardoso & H.C. Lima
Synonyms
  • Diplotropis sect. Racemosae H.C. Lima

Staminodianthus is a genus of trees (family Fabaceae) found in South America. It includes three species of trees, from small trees to six meters tall to large trees up to 40 m tall. They are native to the Amazon Basin of northern Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela, where they grow in humid non-flooded terra-firme forests on sandy or sandy loam soils, gallery forests, and highland savannas.

A dichotomous key for the species is available.