# Poitea

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{{Short description|Genus of legumes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Poitea florida.jpg
| image_caption = ''Poitea florida''
| taxon = Poitea
| authority = [Vent.](/source/Vent.) (1807)
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = 15; see text
| subdivision_ref = <ref name = powo>[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:23317-1 ''Poitea'' Vent.] ''[Plants of the World Online](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online)''. Retrieved 11 August 2025.</ref>
| synonyms =
* ''Bembicidium'' <small>Rydb. (1920)</small>
* ''Cajalbania'' <small>Urb. (1928)</small>
* ''Corynella'' <small>DC. (1825)</small>
* ''Corynitis'' {{small|Spreng. (1827)}}
* ''Notodon'' <small>Urb. (1899)</small>
* ''Sabinea'' <small>DC. (1825)</small>
* ''Sauvallella'' <small>Rydb. (1924)</small>
* ''Toxotropis'' {{small|Turcz. (1846)}}
* ''Vilmorinia'' <small>DC. (1825)</small>
| synonyms_ref = <ref name = powo/>
}}

'''''Poitea''''' is a genus of [flowering plant](/source/flowering_plant)s in the family [Fabaceae](/source/Fabaceae). It includes 15 species of trees and shrubs native to the [Caribbean](/source/Caribbean) islands of [Cuba](/source/Cuba), [Hispaniola](/source/Hispaniola), [Puerto Rico](/source/Puerto_Rico), the [Virgin Islands](/source/Virgin_Islands), and [Dominica](/source/Dominica). Typical habitats include seasonally-dry tropical lowland to montane forest, thicket, and thorn scrub, often in secondary vegetation and on steep slopes or roadsides.<ref name = powo/> It belongs to the subfamily [Faboideae](/source/Faboideae).<ref>http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Poitea Poitea at Plant List</ref>

==Species==
15 species are accepted.<ref name = powo/>
*''[Poitea campanilla](/source/Poitea_campanilla)'' {{small|DC.}}
*''[Poitea carinalis](/source/Poitea_carinalis)'' {{small|(Griseb.) Lavin}}
*''[Poitea cubensis](/source/Poitea_cubensis)'' {{small|(Rydb.) J.L.Gómez}}
*''[Poitea dubia](/source/Poitea_dubia)'' {{small|(Poir.) Lavin}}
*''[Poitea florida](/source/Poitea_florida)'' {{small|(Vahl) Lavin}}
*''[Poitea galegoides](/source/Poitea_galegoides)'' {{small|Vent.}}
*''[Poitea glyciphylla](/source/Poitea_glyciphylla)'' {{small|(Poir.) Urb.}}
*''[Poitea gracilis](/source/Poitea_gracilis)'' {{small|(Griseb.) Lavin}}
*''[Poitea immarginata](/source/Poitea_immarginata)'' {{small|(C.Wright) Lavin}}
*''[Poitea longiflora](/source/Poitea_longiflora)'' {{small|Urb.}}
*''[Poitea multiflora](/source/Poitea_multiflora)'' {{small|(Sw.) Urb.}}
*''[Poitea paucifolia](/source/Poitea_paucifolia)'' {{small|(DC.) Lavin}}
*''[Poitea punicea](/source/Poitea_punicea)'' {{small|(Urb.) Lavin}}
*''[Poitea savannarum](/source/Poitea_savannarum)'' {{small|(Britton & P.Wilson) J.L.Gómez}}
*''[Poitea wrightiana](/source/Poitea_wrightiana)'' {{small|J.L.Gómez}}

==References==
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Category:Robinieae
Category:Fabaceae genera
Category:Flora of the Caribbean
Category:Taxa described in 1807
Category:Taxa named by Étienne Pierre Ventenat

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