Poitea
genus of plants
Poitea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes 15 species of trees and shrubs native to the Caribbean islands of Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Dominica. Typical habitats include seasonally-dry tropical lowland to montane forest, thicket, and thorn scrub, often in secondary vegetation and on steep slopes or roadsides. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae.
Species
15 species are accepted.
Poitea campanilla DC.
Poitea carinalis (Griseb.) Lavin
Poitea cubensis (Rydb.) J.L.Gómez
Poitea dubia (Poir.) Lavin
Poitea florida (Vahl) Lavin
Poitea galegoides Vent.
Poitea glyciphylla (Poir.) Urb.
Poitea gracilis (Griseb.) Lavin
Poitea immarginata (C.Wright) Lavin
Poitea longiflora Urb.
Poitea multiflora (Sw.) Urb.
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