| Hydrochorea elegans | |
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| Hydrochorea elegans from western Panama | |
| Conservation status | |
 Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
| Clade: | Mimosoid clade |
| Genus: | Hydrochorea |
| Species: | H. elegans |
| Binomial name | |
| Hydrochorea elegans (Ducke) M.V.B.Soares, Iganci & M.P.Morim (2022) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Hydrochorea elegans is a species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It is a tree in the emergent layer of the tropical rainforest of southern Central America (Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica) and northern South America (Bolivia, French Guiana, and northern Brazil). The species was formerly known as Balizia elegans, and reassigned to genus Hydrochorea in 2022.
References
- Zamora, N. (2021). "Balizia elegans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T152001368A162312702. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T152001368A162312702.en. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
- Barneby & J.W. Grimes Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 74(1): 40 1996
- ^ "Hydrochorea elegans (Ducke) M.V.B.Soares, Iganci & M.P.Morim". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
External links
Data related to Hydrochorea elegans at Wikispecies
Media related to Hydrochorea elegans at Wikimedia Commons- Balizia elegans at The Plant List
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Hydrochorea elegans | |
| Balizia elegans | |
| Pithecellobium elegans | |
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