Zygia

Zygia
Zygia latifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Caesalpinioideae[1]
(unranked):	Mimosoid clade[1]
Genus:	Zygia P.Browne[2]
Species
See text
Synonyms
Marmaroxylon Killip

Zygia is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae.

Selected species

• Zygia cataractae (Kunth) L.Rico
• Zygia claviflora (Spruce ex Benth.) Barneby & J.W.Grimes
• Zygia cognata (Schltdl.) Britton & Rose (Belize, Guatemala, Honduras)
• Zygia collina (Sandwith) Barneby & J.W.Grimes
• Zygia dinizii (Ducke) D.A.Neill et al.
• Zygia inaequalis (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Pittier
• Zygia juruana (Harms) L.Rico
• Zygia latifolia (L.) Fawc. & Rendle
• Zygia lehmannii (Harms) Britton & Rose ex Britton & Killip (Colombia)
• Zygia oriunda (J.F.Macbr.) L.Rico (Peru)
• Zygia pithecolobioides (Kuntze) Barneby & J.W.Grimes – Granadillo de Río (Argentina, Paraguay)
• Zygia racemosa (Ducke) Barneby & J.W.Grimes
• Zygia selloi (Benth.) L.Rico
• Zygia steyermarkii (Schery) Barneby & J.W.Grimes (Ecuador)^[3]

Formerly placed here

• Albizia adianthifolia (Schumach.) W.Wight (as Z. fastigiata E.Mey.)
• Albizia petersiana (Bolle) Oliv. (as Z. petersiana Bolle)
• Albizia zygia (DC.) J. F. Macbr. (as Z. brownei Walp.)
• Ebenopsis ebano (Berland.) Barneby & J.W.Grimes (as Z. flexicaulis (Benth.) Sudw.)
• Havardia pallens (Benth.) Britton & Rose (as Z. brevifolia (Benth.) Sudw.)
• Pithecellobium unguis-cati (L.) Benth. (as Z. unguis-cati (L.) Sudw.)^[3]

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