Piptadenia | |
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Piptadenia gonoacantha in Brazil | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Mimosoideae |
Tribe: | Mimoseae |
Genus: |
Piptadenia Benth. |
Species | |
Several, see text |
Several, see text
Piptadenia is a genus of tropical shrubs and trees of the legume family.
Several species formerly placed in this genus (such as those used to prepare the psychotomimetic snuffs vilca and yopo/parica) are now considered to be in the genus Anadenanthera. Three species have also been placed in genus Adenopodia. Others have been moved to the genus Pityrocarpa.