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Ormosias
Ormosia
Ormosia is a genus of legumes (family Fabaceae), with 130 living species. They are mostly trees or large shrubs, and are native to the tropical Americas, from southwestern Mexico to Bolivia and southern Brazil, to southern, southeastern, and eastern Asia, and to New Guinea and Queensland. Most are tropical, while some extend into temperate regions of China. A few species are threatened by habitat destruction, while the Hainan ormosia (Ormosia howii) is probably extinct already.
Plants in this genus are commonly known as horse-eye beans or simply ormosias, and in Spanish by the somewhat ambiguous term "chocho". The scientific name Ormosia is a nomen conservandum, overruling Toulichiba which is formally rejected under the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Ormosia formosana
speciesOrmosia formosana
Shrubby Ormosia
speciesOrmosia emarginata
Ormosia monosperma
speciesOrmosia monosperma
Soft-fruited Ormosia
speciesOrmosia semicastrata
Ormosia pinnata
speciesOrmosia pinnata
Ormosia coccinea
speciesOrmosia coccinea
Ormosia henryi
speciesOrmosia henryi
Ormosia arborea
speciesOrmosia arborea
Ormosia hengchuniana
speciesOrmosia hengchuniana
Ormosia pachycarpa
speciesOrmosia pachycarpa
Ormosia macrocalyx
speciesOrmosia macrocalyx
Ormosia krugii
speciesOrmosia krugii
Ormosia hosiei
speciesOrmosia hosiei
Ormosia coutinhoi
speciesOrmosia coutinhoi
Ormosia paraensis
speciesOrmosia paraensis
Ormosia travancorica
speciesOrmosia travancorica
Ormosia ormondii
speciesOrmosia ormondii
Ormosia colombiana
speciesOrmosia colombiana
Ormosia antioquensis
speciesOrmosia antioquensis
Ormosia fastigiata
speciesOrmosia fastigiata
Ormosia indurata
speciesOrmosia indurata
Ormosia purpureiflora
speciesOrmosia purpureiflora
Ormosia velutina
speciesOrmosia velutina
Ormosia stipularis
speciesOrmosia stipularis
Ormosia amazonica
speciesOrmosia amazonica
Ormosia inflata
speciesOrmosia inflata
Ormosia tovarensis
speciesOrmosia tovarensis
Ormosia olivacea
speciesOrmosia olivacea
Ormosia xylocarpa
speciesOrmosia xylocarpa
Ormosia calavensis
speciesOrmosia calavensis
Ormosia sericeolucida
speciesOrmosia sericeolucida
Ormosia neillii
speciesOrmosia neillii
Ormosia isthmensis
speciesOrmosia isthmensis
Ormosia sumatrana
speciesOrmosia sumatrana
Ormosia schunkei
speciesOrmosia schunkei
Ormosia melanocarpa
speciesOrmosia melanocarpa
Ormosia costulata
speciesOrmosia costulata
Ormosia elata
speciesOrmosia elata
Ormosia cruenta
speciesOrmosia cruenta
Ormosia altimontana
speciesOrmosia altimontana
Ormosia excelsa
speciesOrmosia excelsa
Ormosia fordiana
speciesOrmosia fordiana
Ormosia nuda
speciesOrmosia nuda
Ormosia coarctata
speciesOrmosia coarctata
Ormosia macrophylla
speciesOrmosia macrophylla
Ormosia robusta
speciesOrmosia robusta
Ormosia smithii
speciesOrmosia smithii
Ormosia nobilis
speciesOrmosia nobilis
Ormosia hekouensis
speciesOrmosia hekouensis
Ormosia bancana
speciesOrmosia bancana
Ormosia balansae
speciesOrmosia balansae
Ormosia grossa
speciesOrmosia grossa
Ormosia nitida
speciesOrmosia nitida
Ormosia cinerea
speciesOrmosia cinerea
Ormosia microphylla
speciesOrmosia microphylla
Ormosia corcovada
speciesOrmosia corcovada
Ormosia grandiflora
speciesOrmosia grandiflora
Ormosia penangensis
speciesOrmosia penangensis
Ormosia panamensis
speciesOrmosia panamensis
Ormosia lignivalvis
speciesOrmosia lignivalvis
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 138833.