Cathormion

<i>Cathormion</i>

Cathormion

Genus of flowering plants

Cathormion is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It contains a single species, Cathormion umbellatum, a shrub or tree which ranges from India to Indochina, Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, the Lesser Sunda Islands, Maluku, New Guinea, and northern Australia.

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It belongs to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae.[2]

Two subspecies are accepted:[1]

  • Cathormion umbellatum subsp. moniliforme (DC.) Brummitt – Thailand, Sumatra, Java, Maluku, Lesser Sunda Islands, New Guinea, and northern Australia
  • Cathormion umbellatum subsp. umbellatum – India, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam

References

  1. [1]
    Cathormion umbellatum (Vahl) Kosterm. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  2. [2]
    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.
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