Koompassia

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Koompassia
Koompasia excelsa.jpg
Koompassia excelsa
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Dialioideae
Genus: Koompassia
ex Benth.
Synonyms

Koompassia is a genus of legume in the family Fabaceae occurring in southeast Asia. It belongs to the subfamily Dialioideae.[1] They are tall tropical rainforest trees; K. excelsa is one of the tallest tree species in the tropics.

The genus contains the following three species:

References[]

  1. ^ 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.


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