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Swartzia
Swartzia is a genus of legume in the Fabaceae family. It was named in honor of Swedish botanist Olof Swartz and contains about 200 species. Swartzia is restricted in its geographical distribution to the New World Tropics, where it occurs primarily in lowland rainforests, but also in savannas, pre-montane forests, and tropical dry forests. While it can be found throughout the wet lowlands from Mexico and the Caribbean islands to southern Brazil and Bolivia, Swartzia is...
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Swartzia simplex
speciesSwartzia simplex
Mexican royal ebony
speciesSwartzia cubensis
Swartzia jorori
speciesSwartzia jorori
Swartzia apetala
speciesSwartzia apetala
Swartzia myrtifolia
speciesSwartzia myrtifolia
Swartzia panacoco
speciesSwartzia panacoco
Swartzia arborescens
speciesSwartzia arborescens
Swartzia multijuga
speciesSwartzia multijuga
Swartzia macrostachya
speciesSwartzia macrostachya
Swartzia langsdorffii
speciesSwartzia langsdorffii
Swartzia flaemingii
speciesSwartzia flaemingii
Swartzia guatemalensis
speciesSwartzia guatemalensis
Swartzia polyphylla
speciesSwartzia polyphylla
Swartzia pinnata
speciesSwartzia pinnata
Swartzia acuminata
speciesSwartzia acuminata
Swartzia oblata
speciesSwartzia oblata
Swartzia grandifolia
speciesSwartzia grandifolia
Swartzia guianensis
speciesSwartzia guianensis
Swartzia robiniifolia
speciesSwartzia robiniifolia
Swartzia trianae
speciesSwartzia trianae
Swartzia costaricensis
speciesSwartzia costaricensis
Swartzia ulei
speciesSwartzia ulei
Swartzia haughtii
speciesSwartzia haughtii
Swartzia pickelii
speciesSwartzia pickelii
Swartzia macrophylla
speciesSwartzia macrophylla
Swartzia zeledonensis
speciesSwartzia zeledonensis
Swartzia acutifolia
speciesSwartzia acutifolia
Swartzia laurifolia
speciesSwartzia laurifolia
Swartzia auriculata
speciesSwartzia auriculata
Swartzia benthamiana
speciesSwartzia benthamiana
Swartzia bannia
speciesSwartzia bannia
Swartzia picramnioides
speciesSwartzia picramnioides
Swartzia leptopetala
speciesSwartzia leptopetala
Swartzia aptera
speciesSwartzia aptera
Swartzia acreana
speciesSwartzia acreana
Swartzia brachyrhachis
speciesSwartzia brachyrhachis
Swartzia nicaraguensis
speciesSwartzia nicaraguensis
Swartzia caribaea
speciesSwartzia caribaea
Swartzia amplifolia
speciesSwartzia amplifolia
Swartzia recurva
speciesSwartzia recurva
Swartzia corrugata
speciesSwartzia corrugata
Swartzia submarginata
speciesSwartzia submarginata
Swartzia polita
speciesSwartzia polita
Swartzia santanderensis
speciesSwartzia santanderensis
Swartzia remigera
speciesSwartzia remigera
Swartzia ochnacea
speciesSwartzia ochnacea
Swartzia littlei
speciesSwartzia littlei
Swartzia pendula
speciesSwartzia pendula
Swartzia sericea
speciesSwartzia sericea
Swartzia oblanceolata
speciesSwartzia oblanceolata
Swartzia laevicarpa
speciesSwartzia laevicarpa
Swartzia trinitensis
speciesSwartzia trinitensis
Swartzia maquenqueana
speciesSwartzia maquenqueana
Swartzia macrosema
speciesSwartzia macrosema
Swartzia latifolia
speciesSwartzia latifolia
Swartzia racemosa
speciesSwartzia racemosa
Swartzia alternifoliolata
speciesSwartzia alternifoliolata
Swartzia oraria
speciesSwartzia oraria
Swartzia linharensis
speciesSwartzia linharensis
Swartzia glazioviana
speciesSwartzia glazioviana
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 83837.