Lysiloma

Translingual

Lysiloma latisiliquum (false tamarind, wild tamarind)

Etymology

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Proper noun

Lysiloma n

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – certain small trees, found from Arizona and New Mexico to Costa Rica, on the northern islands of the Caribbean, the Bahamas and southern Florida.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids – clades; Fabales – order; Fabaceae – family; Caesalpinioideae – subfamily; Ingeae – tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Lysiloma latisiliquum (syn. Lysiloma bahamense; false tamarind, wild tamarind) – type species; Lysiloma sabicu (sabicu, horseflesh), Lysiloma watsonii (littleleaf false tamarind) – selected other species

References

• Lysiloma on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Lysiloma on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Lysiloma on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons