Hymenolobium
Introduction Wood of a ''Hymenolobium'' sp. '''''Hymenolobium''''' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes 14 species of trees native to Central America and northern South America, ranging from Honduras to Bolivia and southeastern Brazil. Most species are native to Brazil, the Guianas, and Venezuela, with one extending into Peru, another into Ecuador, and one native to Central America. Trees are typically very tall and emergent in tropical humid lowland rain forest.The genus belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It was formerly assigned to the tribe Dalbergieae, but recent molecular phylogenetic evidence has placed it in a unique clade named the ''Andira'' clade.
Species 14 species are accepted. * ''Hymenolobium alagoanum'' Ducke** var. ''alagoanum'' Ducke** var. ''parvifolium'' H. C. Lima* ''Hymenolobium excelsum'' Ducke* ''Hymenolobium flavum'' Kleinhoonte* ''Hymenolobium grazielanum'' H.C.Lima* ''Hymenolobium heringeranum'' Rizzini* ''Hymenolobium heterocarpum'' Ducke* ''Hymenolobium janeirense'' Kuhlm. * ''Hymenolobium mesoamericanum'' H.C.Lima* ''Hymenolobium modestum'' Ducke* ''Hymenolobium nitidum'' Benth. * ''Hymenolobium petraeum'' Ducke* ''Hymenolobium pulcherrimum'' * ''Hymenolobium sericeum'' Ducke* ''Hymenolobium velutinum''
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