Bowdichia

Bowdichia
Bowdichia virgilioides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Leptolobieae
Genus: Bowdichia
Kunth (1824)
Species
  • Bowdichia nitida Spruce ex Benth.
  • Bowdichia virgilioides Kunth
Synonyms
  • Cebipira Juss. ex Kuntze (1903)
  • Sebipira Mart. (1828)

Bowdichia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. The genus includes two species native to tropical South America and Costa Rica.

  • Bowdichia nitida Spruce ex Benth. – northern Brazil and northern Bolivia
  • Bowdichia virgilioides Kunth – Costa Rica to Bolivia, Paraguay, and southern Brazil