Painteria

Painteria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes two species of shrubs or small trees native to Mexico. Typical habitats include desert grassland and shrubland (matorral) on the Mexican Plateau, and in the lowlands of Tamaulipas in northeastern Mexico.^[1] It belongs to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae.^[2]

Painteria
Painteria revoluta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Caesalpinioideae
Clade:	Mimosoid clade
Genus:	Painteria Britton & Rose (1928)
Species[1]
2; see text

Species include:^[1]

• Painteria elachistophylla (A.Gray ex S.Watson) Britton & Rose
• Painteria leptophylla (Rose) Britton & Rose