Zygia
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. It belongs to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae.
Species
56 species are accepted:Zygia ampla Zygia andaquiensis Zygia bangii Zygia basijuga Zygia biflora Zygia bifoliola Zygia bisingula Zygia brenesii Zygia cataractae L.RicoZygia cauliflora Zygia claviflora Barneby & J.W.GrimesZygia coccinea- * Zygia coccinea var. coccinea
- * Zygia coccinea var.macrophylla
- * Zygia coccinea var. oriunda Zygia codonocalyx Zygia cognata Britton & Rose Zygia collina Barneby & J.W.GrimesZygia confusa Zygia conzattii Zygia cupirensis Zygia cuspidata Zygia dinizii D.A.Neill et al.Zygia dissitiflora Zygia engelsingii Zygia eperuetorum Zygia garcia-barrigae Zygia guinetii Zygia hernandezii Zygia heteroneura Zygia inaequalis PittierZygia juruana L.RicoZygia lathetica Zygia latifolia Fawc. & RendleZygia lehmannii Britton & Rose ex Britton & Killip Zygia longifolia Zygia macbridei Zygia megistocarpa Zygia morongii Zygia multipunctata Zygia nubigena Zygia obolingoides Zygia ocumarensis Zygia odoratissima Zygia palustris Zygia paucijugata Zygia peckii Zygia picramnioides Zygia pithecolobioides Barneby & J.W.Grimes - Granadillo de Río Zygia potaroensis Zygia racemosa Barneby & J.W.GrimesZygia rhytidocarpa Zygia rubiginosa Zygia selloi L.RicoZygia steyermarkii Barneby & J.W.Grimes Zygia tetragona Zygia transamazonica Zygia trunciflora Zygia turneri Zygia unifoliolata
- ''Zygia vasquezii''