Fabaceae

Haematoxylum L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 384 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Mexico to Colombia, Namibia.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Namibia, Nicaragua, Venezuela

Introduced into:

Angola, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Benin, Cayman Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Cuba, Dominican Republic, DR Congo, Egypt, Gulf of Guinea Is., Haiti, Hawaii, India, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jawa, Kenya, Leeward Is., Madagascar, Marquesas, Mauritius, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rodrigues, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Sudan-South Sudan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Windward Is.

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Legumes of the World Online

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0