Koompassia
Koompassia is a genus of legume in the family Fabaceae occurring in southeast Asia. It belongs to the subfamily Dialioideae.[1] They are tall tropical rainforest trees; K. excelsa is one of the tallest tree species in the tropics.
| Koompassia | |
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| Koompassia excelsa | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Dialioideae |
| Genus: | Koompassia Maingay ex Benth. |
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The genus contains the following three species:
References
- The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG). (2017). "A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny". Taxon. 66 (1): 44–77. doi:10.12705/661.3.
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