Parkia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. Several species are known as African locust bean.
In 1995, about 31 species were known.Melissa Luckow and Helen C.F. Hopkins. 1995. "A cladistic analysis of Parkia". American Journal of Botany 82(10):1300-1320. Four more species were outlined in 2009.David A. Neill. 2009. "Parkia nana (Leguminosae, Mimosoideae), a New Species from the Sub-Andean Sandstone Cordilleras of Peru". Novon 19(2):204-208.
Parkia species are found throughout the tropics, with four species in Africa, about ten in Asia, and about 20 in the neotropics. The neotropical species were revised in 1986.Helen C.F. Hopkins and Marlene Freitas Da Silva. 1986. "Parkia (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) (Flora Neotropica Monograph No. 43) with Dimorphandra (Caesalpiniaceae) (FN Monograph No. 44)". In: Flora Neotropica (series). The New York Botanical Garden Press.
Species , Plants of the World Online (POWO) recognised the following species: Parkia bahiae Parkia balslevii Parkia barnebyana Parkia bicolor – African locust-bean Parkia biglandulosa Parkia biglobosa Parkia cachimboensis Parkia decussata Parkia discolor Parkia filicina Parkia filicoidea Parkia gigantocarpa Parkia igneiflora Parkia insignis Parkia intermedia Parkia javanica Parkia korom Parkia leiophylla Parkia lutea Parkia madagascariensis Parkia multijuga Parkia nana Parkia nitida Parkia panurensis Parkia paraensis Parkia parrii Parkia parvifoliola Parkia paya Parkia pendula Parkia platycephala Parkia reticulata Parkia sherfeseei Parkia singularis Parkia speciosa – twisted cluster bean, stink bean Parkia sumatrana Parkia timoriana – tree bean Parkia truncata Parkia ulei Parkia velutina Parkia versteeghii
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