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Central America
Plants of Costa Rica
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343
Family:
Fabaceae
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Abarema adenophora
(Ducke) Barneby & J.W. Grimes
LC
Camachili
Fabaceae
3
3
Observations
Abarema barbouriana
(Standl.) Barneby & J.W. Grimes
LC
Fabaceae
19
3
Observations
Abarema idiopoda
(S.F. Blake) Barneby & J.W. Grimes
LC
Bastard-tamarind
Fabaceae
4
1
Observation
Acaciella villosa
(Sw.) Britton & Rose
LC
Fabaceae
40
3
Observations
Aeschynomene americana
L.
Joint-vetch
Fabaceae
131
72
Observations
Aeschynomene brasiliana
(Poir.) DC.
LC
Brazilian Jointtvetch
Fabaceae
7
1
Observation
Aeschynomene ciliata
Vogel
LC
Fabaceae
3
1
Observation
Aeschynomene compacta
Rose
Fabaceae
19
3
Observations
Aeschynomene elegans
Schltdl. & Cham.
Fabaceae
2
1
Observation
Aeschynomene fascicularis
Schltdl. & Cham.
Fabaceae
3
1
Observation
Aeschynomene filosa
Mart. ex Benth.
LC
Fabaceae
31
3
Observations
Aeschynomene histrix
Poir.
Porcupine jointvetch
Fabaceae
5
1
Observation
Aeschynomene rudis
Benth.
Rough joint-vetch
Fabaceae
16
2
Observations
Aeschynomene scabra
G. Don
Fabaceae
7
1
Observation
Aeschynomene sensitiva
Sw.
Sensitive Joint-Vetch
Fabaceae
32
2
Observations
Albizia adinocephala
(Donn. Sm.) Britton & Rose ex Record
LC
Cream albizia
Fabaceae
18
3
Observations
Albizia carbonaria
Britton
LC
Naked albizia
Fabaceae
55
15
Observations
Albizia niopoides
(Spruce ex Benth.) Burkart
LC
Silk tree
Fabaceae
9
4
Observations
Amicia zygomeris
DC.
Yoke-leaved amicia
Fabaceae
84
54
Observations
Ancistrotropis peduncularis
(Fawc. & Rendle) A. Delgado
Fabaceae
10
4
Observations
Andira inermis
(W. Wright) Kunth ex DC.
LC
Cabbagebark
Fabaceae
46
18
Observations
Ateleia herbert-smithii
Pittier
EN
Fabaceae
42
5
Observations
Balizia elegans
(Ducke) Barneby & J.W. Grimes
NT
Mapuchiqui
Fabaceae
72
12
Observations
Barbieria pinnata
(Pers.) Baill.
LC
Clitoria
Fabaceae
8
2
Observations
Bauhinia cookii
Rose
LC
Fabaceae
28
3
Observations
Bauhinia divaricata
L.
LC
Fabaceae
17
13
Observations
Bauhinia pauletia
Pers.
LC
Railway-fence bauhinia
Fabaceae
4
1
Observation
Brownea rosa-de-monte
P.J. Bergius
LC
Fabaceae
50
28
Observations
Caesalpinia pulcherrima
(L.) Sw.
LC
Pride-of-Barbados
Fabaceae
2,464
1,897
Observations
Calliandra bijuga
Rose
LC
Fabaceae
26
6
Observations
Calliandra brenesii
Standl.
NT
Fabaceae
35
5
Observations
Calliandra calothyrsus
Meisn.
Calliandra
Fabaceae
97
50
Observations
Calliandra houstoniana
(Mill.) Standl.
LC
Stickpea
Fabaceae
4
4
Observations
Calliandra magdalenae
(Bertero ex DC.) Benth.
LC
Fabaceae
10
1
Observation
Calliandra tergemina
(L.) Benth.
LC
Harriss
Fabaceae
148
87
Observations
Calliandra trinervia
Benth.
LC
Fabaceae
13
10
Observations
Calopogonium galactioides
(Kunth) Benth. ex Hemsl.
Legume
Fabaceae
62
6
Observations
Calopogonium mucunoides
Desv.
Calopo
Fabaceae
105
26
Observations
Canavalia brasiliensis
Mart. ex Benth.
Barbicou-bean
Fabaceae
20
4
Observations
Canavalia oxyphylla
Standl. & L.O. Williams
Fabaceae
22
4
Observations
Canavalia rosea
(Sw.) DC.
LC
Bay-bean
Fabaceae
446
263
Observations
Cassia grandis
L. f.
LC
Appleblossom cassia
Fabaceae
26
18
Observations
Centrosema macrocarpum
Benth.
LC
Fabaceae
18
1
Observation
Centrosema plumieri
(Turpin ex Pers.) Benth.
Feefee
Fabaceae
45
14
Observations
Centrosema pubescens
Benth.
Mexican Butterfly-Pea
Fabaceae
301
174
Observations
Centrosema sagittatum
(Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Brandegee
Sagittate butterfly-pea
Fabaceae
16
3
Observations
Centrosema virginianum
(L.) Benth.
Butterfly-pea
Fabaceae
422
348
Observations
Cercis canadensis
L.
LC
Eastern redbud
Fabaceae
4,864
3,917
Observations
Chamaecrista desvauxii
(Collad.) Killip
LC
Fabaceae
25
11
Observations
Chamaecrista diphylla
(L.) Greene
Twoleaf sensitive pea
Fabaceae
56
7
Observations
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