Koompassia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Dialioideae
Genus: Koompassia
Species: K. excelsa – K. grandiflora – K. malaccensis
Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Koompassia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Oct 23. Reference page.

Name

Koompassia Maingay ex Benth., Hooker's Icon. Pl. 12: t. 1164. (1873)

Type species: Koompassia malaccensis Maingay, Hooker's Icon. Pl. 12: t. 1164. (1873)

Synonyms

Abauria Becc.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Tropical
Regional: Southeastern Asia
Borneo, Malaya, New Guinea, Philippines, Sumatera, Thailand

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Maingay, H., 1873. Hooker's Icon. Pl. 12: t. 1164.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Koompassia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Oct 23. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Koompassia. Published online. Accessed: Oct 23 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Koompassia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Oct 23.
Catalogue of Life: 2020 Annual Checklist

Vernacular names

Koompassia is a genus of legume in the family Fabaceae occurring in southeast Asia. It belongs to the subfamily Dialioideae.[1] They are tall tropical rainforest trees; K. excelsa is one of the tallest tree species in the tropics.

The genus contains the following three species:

Koompassia excelsa
Koompassia grandiflora
Koompassia malaccensis

References

The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG). (2017). "A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny". Taxon. 66 (1): 44–77. doi:10.12705/661.3.