{{Short description|Genus of legumes}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Libidibia paraguariensis in Chaco National Park.jpg |image_caption = ''Libidibia paraguariensis'' in Chaco National Park |taxon = Libidibia |authority = Schltdl. (1830) |display_parents = 2 |type_species = ''Libidibia coriaria'' |type_species_authority = (Jacq.) Schltdl.<ref name=powo/> |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = See text. |synonyms = * ''Caesalpinia'' section ''Libidibia'' <small>DC.</small> * ''Stahlia'' <small>Bello (1881)</small> |synonyms_ref = <ref name=Gagnon/> }}
'''''Libidibia''''' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes seven species of trees and shrubs native to the tropical Americas, ranging from northern Mexico to northern Argentina. Typical habitats include seasonally-dry tropical forest and scrub, thorn forest (including caatinga), and savanna woodland.<ref name = powo/> It belongs to the subfamily Caesalpinioideae.
==Species== ''Libidibia'' comprises the following species:<ref name=powo/><ref name=Gagnon/> * ''Libidibia coriaria'' <small>(Jacq.) Schltdl.</small>—divi-divi (Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, northern South America) <!-- Libidibia corymbosa was reclassified as Libidibia glabrata. --> <!-- Libidibia ebano was reclassified as Libidibia punctata. --> * ''Libidibia ferrea'' <small>(Mart. ex Tul.) L.P.Queiroz</small>—Brazilian ironwood, leopard tree ** var. ''ferrea'' <small>(Mart. ex Tul.) L.P.Queiroz</small> ** var. ''glabrescens'' <small>(Benth.) L.P.Queiroz</small> ** var. ''leiostachya'' <small>(Benth.) L.P.Queiroz</small> ** var. ''parvifolia'' <small>(Benth.) L.P.Queiroz</small> * ''Libidibia glabrata'' <small>(Kunth) C.Cast. & G.P.Lewis</small> <!-- Libidibia granadillo was reclassified as Libidibia punctata. --> * ''Libidibia monosperma'' <small>(Tul.) Gagnon & G.P.Lewis</small> * ''Libidibia paraguariensis'' <small>(D.Parodi) G.P.Lewis</small>—ibirá-berá, guayacaú negro, Argentinian brown ebony (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay) * ''Libidibia punctata'' <small>(Willd.) Britton</small>—quebrahacha * ''Libidibia sclerocarpa'' <small>(Standl.) Britton & Rose</small>
== References == {{Wikispecies}} {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=Gagnon>{{cite journal | vauthors = Gagnon E, Bruneau A, Hughes CE, de Queiroz LP, Lewis GP | year = 2016 | title = A new generic system for the pantropical ''Caesalpinia'' group (Leguminosae) | journal = PhytoKeys | issue = 71 | pages = 1–160 | doi = 10.3897/phytokeys.71.9203 | pmid = 28814915 | pmc = 5558824 | doi-access = free }}</ref>
<ref name=powo>{{cite web |title=''Libidibia'' Schltdl. |work=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:22792-1 |access-date=4 September 2023}}</ref> }}
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Category:Caesalpinieae Category:Fabaceae genera Category:Flora of the Neotropical realm
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