Hydrochorea elegans
Hydrochorea elegans from western Panama
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Clade: Mimosoid clade
Genus: Hydrochorea
Species:
H. elegans
Binomial name
Hydrochorea elegans
(Ducke) M.V.B.Soares, Iganci & M.P.Morim (2022)
Synonyms[2]
  • Albizia duckeana L.Rico (2000)
  • Albizia elegans (Ducke) L.Rico (1999 publ. 2000), nom. illeg.
  • Balizia elegans (Ducke) Barneby & J.W.Grimes (1996)[3]
  • Pithecolobium elegans Ducke (1922)

Hydrochorea elegans is a species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It is a tree in the emergent layer of the tropical rainforest of southern Central America (Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica) and northern South America (Bolivia, French Guiana, and northern Brazil). The species was formerly known as Balizia elegans, and reassigned to genus Hydrochorea in 2022.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Zamora, N. (2021). "Balizia elegans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T152001368A162312702. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T152001368A162312702.en. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Hydrochorea elegans (Ducke) M.V.B.Soares, Iganci & M.P.Morim". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  3. ↑ Barneby & J.W. Grimes Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 74(1): 40 1996
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