Macropsychanthus is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the tribe Diocleae, subfamily Faboideae. The genus has 47 species with a pantropical distribution, ranging through the tropical Americas from southern Mexico to northeastern Argentina, west and central Africa, Madagascar, Indochina, Malesia, Papuasia, and Queensland.

Taxonomy

Many species of Dioclea were transferred to the genus Macropsychanthus as a result of a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2020.

Macropsychanthus

Species

, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:

Macropsychanthus

Macropsychanthus apiculatus (R.H.Maxwell) L.P.Queiroz & Snak

Macropsychanthus aureus (R.H.Maxwell) L.P.Queiroz & Snak

Macropsychanthus bicolor (Hoffmanns. ex Benth.) L.P.Queiroz & Snak

Macropsychanthus circinatus (R.H.Maxwell) L.P.Queiroz & Snak

Macropsychanthus comosus (G.Mey.) L.P.Queiroz & Snak

Macropsychanthus coriaceus (Benth.) L.P.Queiroz & Snak

Macropsychanthus dictyoneurus (Diels) L.P.Queiroz & Snak

Macropsychanthus dolichobotrys Holthuis

Macropsychanthus duckei L.P.Queiroz & Snak

Macropsychanthus edulis (Kuhlm.) L.P.Queiroz & Snak

Macropsychanthus erectus (Hoehne) L.P.Queiroz & Snak

Macropsychanthus ferrugineus Merr. Macropsychanthus flexuosus (Ducke) L.P.Queiroz & Snak Macropsychanthus funalis (Poepp.) L.P.Queiroz & Snak Macropsychanthus glabrus (Benth.) L.P.Queiroz & Snak Macropsychanthus grandiflorus (Mart. ex Benth.) L.P.Queiroz & Snak Macropsychanthus grandistipulus (L.P.Queiroz) L.P.Queiroz & Snak Macropsychanthus haughtii (R.H.Maxwell) L.P.Queiroz & Snak Macropsychanthus hexander (Ralph) L.P.Queiroz & Snak Macropsychanthus hispidimarginatus (R.H.Maxwell) L.P.Queiroz & Snak Macropsychanthus huberi (Ducke) L.P.Queiroz & Snak Macropsychanthus jamesonii (R.H.Maxwell) L.P.Queiroz & Snak Macropsychanthus javanicus (Benth.) L.P.Queiroz & Snak Macropsychanthus latifolius (Benth.) L.P.Queiroz & Snak Macropsychanthus lauterbachii Harms Macropsychanthus macrocarpus (Huber) L.P.Queiroz & Snak Macropsychanthus malacocarpus (Ducke) L.P.Queiroz & Snak Macropsychanthus marginatus (Benth.) L.P.Queiroz & Snak Macropsychanthus megacarpus (Rolfe) L.P.Queiroz & Snak Macropsychanthus mindanaensis Merr. Macropsychanthus mollicomus (Ducke) L.P.Queiroz & Snak Macropsychanthus pulcher (Moldenke) L.P.Queiroz & Snak Macropsychanthus purpureus (Elmer) L.P.Queiroz & Snak Macropsychanthus rigidus (R.S.Cowan) L.P.Queiroz & Snak Macropsychanthus ruddiae (R.H.Maxwell) L.P.Queiroz & Snak Macropsychanthus rufescens (Benth.) L.P.Queiroz & Snak Macropsychanthus scaber (Rich.) L.P.Queiroz & Snak Macropsychanthus schimpffii (Diels) L.P.Queiroz & Snak Macropsychanthus schottii (Benth.) L.P.Queiroz & Snak Macropsychanthus sclerocarpus (Ducke) L.P.Queiroz & Snak Macropsychanthus ucayalinus (Harms) L.P.Queiroz & Snak Macropsychanthus umbrinus (Elmer) L.P.Queiroz & Snak Macropsychanthus violaceus (Mart. ex Benth.) L.P.Queiroz & Snak Macropsychanthus wilsonii (Standl.) L.P.Queiroz & Snak

Macropsychanthus

References

Faboideae

Fabaceae genera

Pantropical flora

Taxa named by Hermann Harms