Harpalyce (plant)
Introduction '''''Harpalyce''''' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It includes 35 species of shrubs and small trees native to the tropical Americas. Their distribution is disjunct, ranging from Mexico to Nicaragua, Cuba, and northern to southeastern Brazil and Bolivia. Typical habitats include seasonally-dry tropical forest, warm-temperate humid forest, woodland, bushland and thicket, shrubland, and grassland. Most species are evergreen and flower during the dry season.
Species ''Harpalyce'' comprises the following species:* ''Harpalyce acunae'' Borhidi & O.Muñiz* ''Harpalyce alainii'' Leon* ''Harpalyce arborescens'' A.Gray* ''Harpalyce baracoensis'' Borhidi & O.Muñiz* ''Harpalyce borhidii'' O.Muñiz* ''Harpalyce brasiliana'' Benth. * ''Harpalyce correntina'' * ''Harpalyce cristalensis'' Borhidi & O.Muñiz* ''Harpalyce cubensis'' Griseb. * ''Harpalyce ekmanii'' Urb. * ''Harpalyce flexuosa'' León & Alain ex Borhidi & O.Muñiz (unplaced) * ''Harpalyce formosa'' DC. * ''Harpalyce greuteri'' * ''Harpalyce hilariana'' Benth. * ''Harpalyce lanata'' * ''Harpalyce lepidota'' Taub. * ''Harpalyce macedoi'' R.S.Cowan* ''Harpalyce macrocarpa'' Britton & P.Wilson* ''Harpalyce magnibracteata'' * ''Harpalyce maisiana'' León & Alain* ''Harpalyce mexicana'' Rose* ''Harpalyce minor'' Benth. * ''Harpalyce nipensis'' Urb. * ''Harpalyce parvifolia'' H.S.Irwin & Arroyo* ''Harpalyce pringlei'' Rose* ''Harpalyce riparia'' São-Mateus, L.P.Queiroz & D.B.O.S.Cardoso* ''Harpalyce robusta'' H.S.Irwin & Arroyo* ''Harpalyce rupicola'' Donn.Sm. * ''Harpalyce sousae'' Arroyo* ''Harpalyce speciosa'' * ''Harpalyce suberosa'' * ''Harpalyce toaensis'' Borhidi & O.Muñiz* ''Harpalyce tombadorensis'' * ''Harpalyce torresii'' * ''Harpalyce villosa'' Britton & P.Wilson* ''Harpalyce yucatanense''
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