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Poitea
Poitea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes 15 species of trees and shrubs native to the Caribbean islands of Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Dominica. Typical habitats include seasonally-dry tropical lowland to montane forest, thicket, and thorn scrub, often in secondary vegetation and on steep slopes or roadsides. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae.
12 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Poitea florida
speciesPoitea florida
Poitea punicea
speciesPoitea punicea
Poitea galegoides
speciesPoitea galegoides
Poitea paucifolia
speciesPoitea paucifolia
Poitea campanilla
speciesPoitea campanilla
Poitea multiflora
speciesPoitea multiflora
Carib Wood
speciesPoitea carinalis
Poitea dubia
speciesPoitea dubia
Poitea gracilis
speciesPoitea gracilis
Poitea immarginata
speciesPoitea immarginata
Poitea glyciphylla
speciesPoitea glyciphylla
Poitea longiflora
speciesPoitea longiflora
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 138714.