Macropsychanthus

Macropsychanthus is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the tribe Diocleae, subfamily Faboideae.^[3] 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.^[2]

Macropsychanthus
Macropsychanthus edulis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Tribe:	Diocleae
Genus:	Macropsychanthus Harms[1]
Species
See text.
Synonyms[2]
Luzonia Elmer (1907)

Taxonomy

Many species of Dioclea were transferred to the genus Macropsychanthus as a result of a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2020.^[4]

Species

As of August 2021^[update], Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:^[1]

• 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