Koompassia is a genus of legume in the family Fabaceae. It includes three species with range across southeast Asia, from Thailand to New Guinea. It belongs to the subfamily Dialioideae.[2] They are tall tropical forest trees; K. excelsa is one of the tallest tree species in the tropics.

Koompassia
Koompassia excelsa
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Dialioideae
Genus: Koompassia
Maingay ex Benth. (1873)
Synonyms[1]

Abauria Becc. (1877)

Species

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Plants of the World Online includes:[1]

  1. Koompassia excelsa (Becc.) Taub. – Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, and Philippines
  2. Koompassia grandiflora Kosterm. – New Guinea
  3. Koompassia malaccensis Maingay – Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, and Borneo

References

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  1. ^ a b Koompassia Maingay ex Benth. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  2. ^ 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. hdl:10568/90658.
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