Zygia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes 60 species of tres and shrubs native to the tropical Americas, from Southern Mexico and Cuba to northern Argentina. Typical habitats are tropical forest and coastal zones, generally below 900 meters elevation with a few species extending up to 2800 meters.[2] It belongs to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae.[3]

Zygia
Zygia latifolia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Clade: Mimosoid clade
Genus: Zygia
P.Browne (1756)[1]
Species[2]

60; see text

Synonyms[2]

Marmaroxylon Killip (1940)

Species

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60 species are accepted:[2]

Formerly placed here

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References

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  1. ^ "Genus: Zygia P. Browne". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1999-03-05. Retrieved 2013-04-26.
  2. ^ a b c d Zygia P.Browne. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  3. ^ 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. hdl:10568/90658.
  4. ^ a b "GRIN Species Records of Zygia". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2013-04-26.
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