Poissonia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Robinieae
Genus: Poissonia
Species: P. eriantha – P. heterantha –P. hypoleuca – P. orbicularis – P. weberbaueri
Name

Poissonia Baill. Adansonia 9: 295. (1870)

Type species: Poissonia orbicularis (Benth.) Hauman Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1925(6): 278. (1925)

Synonyms

Chiovendaea Speg.
Neocracca Kuntze

Note: Often treated as congeneric with Coursetia DC. Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 4(1): 92. (1825) (Tropicos, 2016), but segregated by Lavin (2003) and Pennington (et al.), (2011).
Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental:Southern America
Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Peru

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Baillon, H.E. 1870. Adansonia 9: 295. BHL

Additional references

Lavin, M., Wojciechowski, M.F., Gasson, P., Hughes, C. & Wheeler, E. 2003. Phylogeny of robinioid legumes (Fabaceae) revisited: Coursetia and Gliricidia recircumscribed, and a biogeographical appraisal of the Caribbean endemics. Systematic Botany 28(2): 387–409. DOI: 10.1043/0363-6445-28.2.387 PDF Reference page.
Pennington, R.T., Daza, A., Reynel, C. & Lavin, M. 2011. Poissonia eriantha (Leguminosae) from Cuzco, Peru: an overlooked species underscores a pattern of narrow endemism common to seasonally dry neotropical vegetation. Systematic Botany 36(1): 59–68. DOI: 10.1600/036364411X553135 Full text PDF. Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Poissonia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jan 01. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Poissonia. Published online. Accessed: Jan 01 2020. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2020. Poissonia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 01 Jan 2020. Reference page.

Hassler, M. 2020. Poissonia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jan 01. Reference page.

Poissonia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes five species of trees, shrubs, and herbs native to Peru, Bolivia, and northwestern Argentina. Typical habitats include seasonally-dry tropical and subtropical forest and shrubland, generally along river and stream banks, and open vegetation in arid areas.[1] It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae, tribe Robinieae.[2]
Species

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

Poissonia eriantha (Benth.) Hauman
Poissonia heterantha (Griseb.) Lavin
Poissonia hypoleuca (Speg.) Lillo
Poissonia orbicularis (Benth.) Hauman
Poissonia weberbaueri (Harms) Lavin

References

"Poissonia Baill." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
Lavin M, Wojciechowski MF, Gasson P, Hughes C, Wheeler E (2003). "Phylogeny of Robinioid Legumes (Fabaceae) Revisited: Coursetia and Gliricidia Recircumscribed, and a Biogeographical Appraisal of the Caribbean Endemics" (PDF). Systematic Botany. 28 (2): 387–409. doi:10.1043/0363-6445-28.2.387 (inactive 1 November 2024). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-06-16. Retrieved 2013-11-22.