Bowdichia

Bowdichia
Bowdichia virgilioides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Tribe:	Leptolobieae
Genus:	Bowdichia Kunth (1824)
Species[1][2][3]
Bowdichia nitida Spruce ex Benth. Bowdichia virgilioides Kunth
Synonyms[4]
Cebipira Juss. ex Kuntze (1903) Sebipira Mart. (1828)

Bowdichia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. The genus includes two species native to tropical South America and Costa Rica.[4]

• Bowdichia nitida Spruce ex Benth. – northern Brazil and northern Bolivia
• Bowdichia virgilioides Kunth – Costa Rica to Bolivia, Paraguay, and southern Brazil

References

1. Cardoso D, de Lima HC, Rodrigues RS, de Queiroz LP, Pennington RT, Lavin M (2012). "The Bowdichia clade of Genistoid legumes: Phylogenetic analysis of combined molecular and morphological data and a recircumscription of Diplotropis". Taxon. 61 (5): 1074–1087. doi:10.1002/tax.615012.
2. "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Bowdichia". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
3. USDA; ARS; National Genetic Resources Program. "GRIN species records of Bowdichia". Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
4. Bowdichia Kunth. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 13 August 2023.

Data related to Bowdichia at Wikispecies