# Libidibia

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{{Short description|Genus of legumes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image = Libidibia paraguariensis in Chaco National Park.jpg
|image_caption = ''[Libidibia paraguariensis](/source/Libidibia_paraguariensis)'' in Chaco National Park
|taxon = Libidibia
|authority = Schltdl. (1830)
|display_parents = 2
|type_species = ''[Libidibia coriaria](/source/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 plant](/source/flowering_plant)s in the family [Fabaceae](/source/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](/source/caatinga)), and savanna woodland.<ref name = powo/> It belongs to the subfamily [Caesalpinioideae](/source/Caesalpinioideae).

==Species==
''Libidibia'' comprises the following species:<ref name=powo/><ref name=Gagnon/>
* ''[Libidibia coriaria](/source/Libidibia_coriaria)'' <small>(Jacq.) Schltdl.</small>—divi-divi ([Mexico](/source/Mexico), [Central America](/source/Central_America), the [Caribbean](/source/Caribbean), northern [South America](/source/South_America))
<!-- Libidibia corymbosa was reclassified as Libidibia glabrata. -->
<!-- Libidibia ebano was reclassified as Libidibia punctata. -->
* ''[Libidibia ferrea](/source/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](/source/Libidibia_glabrata)'' <small>(Kunth) C.Cast. & G.P.Lewis</small>
<!-- Libidibia granadillo was reclassified as Libidibia punctata. -->
* ''[Libidibia monosperma](/source/Libidibia_monosperma)'' <small>(Tul.) Gagnon & G.P.Lewis</small>
* ''[Libidibia paraguariensis](/source/Libidibia_paraguariensis)'' <small>(D.Parodi) G.P.Lewis</small>—ibirá-berá, guayacaú negro, Argentinian brown ebony (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay)
* ''[Libidibia punctata](/source/Libidibia_punctata)'' <small>(Willd.) Britton</small>—quebrahacha
* ''[Libidibia sclerocarpa](/source/Libidibia_sclerocarpa)'' <small>(Standl.) Britton & Rose</small>

== References ==
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{{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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