{{Short description|Genus of legumes}} {{Automatic taxobox |image =Paloue guianensis Aublet 1775 pl 141.jpg |image_caption =Paloue guianensis Aublet 1775 |display_parents = 2 |taxon = Paloue |authority = Aubl. (1775) |synonyms = *''Elizabetha'' {{small|R.H.Schomb. ex Benth. (1840)}} *''Ginannia'' {{small|Scop. in Intr. Hist. Nat.: 300 (1777)}} *''Palovea'' {{small|Aubl. in Hist. Pl. Guiane: 365 (1775), orth. var.}} *''Paloveopsis'' {{small|R.S.Cowan in Brittonia 8: 251 (1957)}} |synonyms_ref = <ref name = powo>[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30099319-2 ''Paloue'' Aubl.] ''Plants of the World Online''. Retrieved 1 August 2023.</ref> }}
'''''Paloue''''' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Detarioideae. The genera was first created with the description of ''Paloue guianensis'' by Aublet in 1775.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Aublet |first=J. B. C. F. |date=1775 |title=Paloue guianensis |journal=Histoire des plantes de la Guiane Françoise |volume=1 |pages=365–367}}</ref>
== Description == ''Paloue'' are large, woody trees, with simple leaves.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last1=Redden |first1=Karen M. |last2=Herendeen |first2=Patrick S. |date=2006-11-01 |title=Morphology and Phylogenetic Analysis of Paloue and Related Genera in the Brownea Clade (Detarieae, Caesalpinioideae) |url=https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/508065 |journal=International Journal of Plant Sciences |volume=167 |issue=6 |pages=1229–1246 |doi=10.1086/508065 |issn=1058-5893|url-access=subscription }}</ref> The flowers of ''Paloue'' species have five petals and nine fertile stamens.<ref name=":0" />
== Range and habitat == All species of ''Paloue'' are found in northern South America. More specifically, they are endemic to the Guiana Shield.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Redden |first=Karen M. |date=2008-09-01 |title=A new species of Paloue (Leguminosae: Caesalpinioideae: Detarieae) from Guyana, South America |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/s12228-008-9037-9 |journal=Brittonia |language=en |volume=60 |issue=3 |pages=257–260 |doi=10.1007/s12228-008-9037-9 |bibcode=2008Britt..60..257R |issn=1938-436X|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
== Species == 16 species are accepted:<ref name = powo/> * ''Paloue bicolor'' <small>(Ducke) Redden</small> * ''Paloue brasiliensis'' <small>Ducke</small> * ''Paloue coccinea'' <small>(R.H.Schomb. ex Benth.) Redden</small> * ''Paloue duckei'' <small>(Huber) Redden</small> * ''Paloue durissima'' <small>(Ducke) Redden</small> * ''Paloue emarginata'' <small>(R.S.Cowan) Redden</small> * ''Paloue fanshawei'' <small>(R.S.Cowan) Redden</small> * ''Paloue × grahamiae'' {{small|(R.S.Cowan) Redden}} * ''Paloue guianensis'' <small>Aublet</small> * ''Paloue induta'' <small>Sandwith</small> * ''Paloue leiogyne'' <small>(Ducke) Redden</small> * ''Paloue macrostachya'' <small>(Benth.) Redden</small> * ''Paloue paraensis'' <small>(Ducke) Redden</small> * ''Paloue princeps'' <small>(R.H.Schomb. ex Benth.) Redden</small> * ''Paloue riparia'' <small>Pulle</small> * ''Paloue sandwithii'' <small>Redden</small> * ''Paloue speciosa'' <small>(Ducke) Redden</small>
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Category:Detarioideae Category:Fabaceae genera Category:Flora of Southern America
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