Harpalyce (plant)
Harpalyce is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It includes 35 species of shrubs and small trees native to the tropical Americas. Their distribution is disjunct, ranging from Mexico to Nicaragua, Cuba, and northern to southeastern Brazil and Bolivia. Typical habitats include seasonally-dry tropical forest, warm-temperate humid forest, woodland, bushland and thicket, shrubland, and grassland. Most species are evergreen and flower during the dry season.
Species
Harpalyce comprises the following species:Harpalyce acunae Borhidi & O.MuñizHarpalyce alainii LeonHarpalyce arborescens A.GrayHarpalyce baracoensis Borhidi & O.MuñizHarpalyce borhidii O.MuñizHarpalyce brasiliana Benth.Harpalyce correntina Harpalyce cristalensis Borhidi & O.MuñizHarpalyce cubensis Griseb.Harpalyce ekmanii Urb.Harpalyce flexuosa León & Alain ex Borhidi & O.Muñiz Harpalyce formosa DC.Harpalyce greuteri Harpalyce hilariana Benth.Harpalyce lanata Harpalyce lepidota Taub.Harpalyce macedoi R.S.CowanHarpalyce macrocarpa Britton & P.WilsonHarpalyce magnibracteata Harpalyce maisiana León & AlainHarpalyce mexicana RoseHarpalyce minor Benth.Harpalyce nipensis Urb.Harpalyce parvifolia H.S.Irwin & ArroyoHarpalyce pringlei RoseHarpalyce riparia São-Mateus, L.P.Queiroz & D.B.O.S.CardosoHarpalyce robusta H.S.Irwin & ArroyoHarpalyce rupicola Donn.Sm.Harpalyce sousae ArroyoHarpalyce speciosa Harpalyce suberosa Harpalyce toaensis Borhidi & O.MuñizHarpalyce tombadorensis Harpalyce torresii Harpalyce villosa Britton & P.Wilson- ''Harpalyce yucatanense''