Hydrochorea

Hydrochorea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes 11 species native to Central and South America and west and west-central Africa.^[1] It belongs to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae.^[2]

• Hydrochorea acreana (J.F.Macbr.) Barneby & J.W.Grimes
• Hydrochorea corymbosa (Rich.) Barneby & J.W.Grimes
• Hydrochorea elegans (Ducke) M.V.B.Soares, Iganci & M.P.Morim
• Hydrochorea gonggrijpii (Kleinhoonte) Barneby & J.W.Grimes
• Hydrochorea leucocalyx (Britton & Rose) Iganci, M.V.B.Soares & M.P.Morim
• Hydrochorea marginata (Benth.) Barneby & J.W.Grimes
• Hydrochorea marginata (Spruce ex Benth.) Barneby & J.W.Grimes
• Hydrochorea obliquifoliolata (De Wild.) E.J.M.Koenen
• Hydrochorea panurensis (Spruce ex Benth.) M.V.B.Soares, M.P.Morim & Iganci
• Hydrochorea pedicellaris (DC.) M.V.B.Soares, Iganci & M.P.Morim
• Hydrochorea rhombifolia (Benth.) E.J.M.Koenen
• Hydrochorea uaupensis M.P.Morim, Iganci & E.J.M.Koenen

Hydrochorea
Hydrochorea corymbosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Caesalpinioideae
Clade:	Mimosoid clade
Genus:	Hydrochorea Barneby & J.W.Grimes
Species[1]
11; see text
Synonyms[1]
Balizia Barneby & J.W.Grimes (1996)

Etymology

The synonym Balizia is a taxonomic anagram derived from the name of the confamilial genus Albizia. The latter name is a taxonomic patronym honoring the Italian nobleman Filippo degli Albizzi, who introduced Albizia julibrissin to Europe in the mid-18th century.^[3]