Lysiloma

Lysiloma
	Lysiloma latisiliquum leaves and seedpods
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Caesalpinioideae
Clade:	Mimosoid clade
Genus:	Lysiloma; Benth.

Lysiloma is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Fabaceae.^[1]

The genus is native to the Americas, and species range from Arizona and New Mexico through Mexico and Central America to Costa Rica, and in Florida, Cuba, Hispaniola, the Bahamas, and Turks and Caicos Islands.^[2]

Species

There are eight accepted species:^[2]

Lysiloma acapulcense (Kunth) Benth. Mexico to Nicaragua
Lysiloma auritum (Schltdl.) Benth. southern Mexico to Costa Rica
Lysiloma candidum Brandegee Baja California Peninsula
Lysiloma divaricatum (Jacq.) J.F.Macbr. Mexico to Costa Rica
Lysiloma latisiliquum (L.) Benth. – false tamarind. Southern Mexico, Belize, Cuba, Bahamas, Turks & Caicos, Florida.
Lysiloma sabicu Benth. – sabicu, horseflesh. southeastern Mexico, Cuba, Hispaniola, Bahamas, Florida
Lysiloma tergeminum Benth. central and southwestern Mexico
Lysiloma watsonii Rose – littleleaf false tamarind. Native to southeastern Arizona's Rincon Mountains and in Sonora, Mexico.^[3]^[4]

Lysiloma ambiguum and L. vogeliana were reclassified as Parasenegalia vogeliana
Lysiloma polyphyllum was reclassified as Parasenegalia visco

^ ^a ^b "Lysiloma Benth". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1999-03-05. Archived from the original on 2009-05-07. Retrieved 2009-07-09.
^ ^a ^b "Lysiloma Benth.". Plants of the World Online, Kew Science. Accessed 26 August 2021. [1]
^ "GRIN Species Records of Lysiloma". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on 2008-10-15. Retrieved 2009-07-09.
^ "Lysiloma". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2010-10-01.

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