Balizia elegans

Balizia elegans is a species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It is a tree in the emergent layer of the tropical rainforest of South America (Bolivia, Brazil, Costa Rica and Honduras).

Balizia elegans
Balizia elegans, from western Panama
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Clade: Mimosoid clade
Genus: Balizia
Species:
B. elegans
Binomial name
Balizia elegans
Synonyms[3]
  • Albizia duckeana L. Rico
  • Albizia elegans (Ducke) L. Rico
  • Pithecolobium elegans Ducke

References

  1. Zamora, N. (2021). "Balizia elegans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T152001368A162312702. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T152001368A162312702.en. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  2. Barneby & J.W. Grimes Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 74(1): 40 1996
  3. "Balizia elegans (Ducke) Barneby & J.W.Grimes". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved January 8, 2023.
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