Cathormion
Genus of flowering plants
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Cathormion is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It contains a single species, Cathormion umbellatum, a shrub or tree which ranges from India to Indochina, Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, the Lesser Sunda Islands, Maluku, New Guinea, and northern Australia.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
| Clade: | Mimosoid clade |
| Genus: | Cathormion (Benth.) Hassk. (1855) |
| Species: | C. umbellatum |
| Binomial name | |
| Cathormion umbellatum (Vahl) Kosterm. (1954) | |
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It belongs to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae.[2]
Two subspecies are accepted:[1]
- Cathormion umbellatum subsp. moniliforme (DC.) Brummitt – Thailand, Sumatra, Java, Maluku, Lesser Sunda Islands, New Guinea, and northern Australia
- Cathormion umbellatum subsp. umbellatum – India, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam
