Coursetia

Coursetia
Coursetia glandulosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Robinieae
Genus: Coursetia
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Species

See text.

Synonyms
  • Benthamantha Alef.
  • Callistylon Pittier
  • Chiovendaea Speg.
  • Cracca Benth. (nom. cons.)
  • Humboldtiella Harms
  • Neocracca Kuntze

Coursetia is a genus of flowering plant in the pea family, Fabaceae. Members of the genus, commonly known as babybonnets, are shrubs and small trees native to the Southwestern United States, Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America, and South America as far south as Brazil and Peru. The genus is named for French botanist Georges Louis Marie Dumont de Courset (1746–1824).