Piptadenia (Pip·ta·de·nia) (pip”tə-de´ne-ə) a genus of tropical shrubs and trees of the legume family.

Selected species

• Piptadenia gonoacantha (Mart.) J.F. Macbr.
• Piptadenia micracantha Benth.
• Piptadenia paniculata Benth.

Several species formerly placed in this genus (such as those used to prepare the pyschotomimetic snuffs vilca and yopo/parica) are now considered junior synonyms of Anadenanthera species.

Species accepted names

• Piptadenia adiantoides (Sprengel)Macbr.
• Piptadenia affinis Burkart
• Piptadenia anolidurus Barneby
• Piptadenia buchananii
• Piptadenia cuzcoensis Barneby
• Piptadenia flava (DC.)Benth.
• Piptadenia floribunda Kleinhoonte
• Piptadenia foliolosa Benth.
• Piptadenia gonoacantha (Martius)Macbr.
• Piptadenia gonoacantha (Martius)Macbr. var. gonoacantha
• Piptadenia gonoacantha (Martius)Macbr. var. inermis Burkart
• Piptadenia imatacae Barneby
• Piptadenia irwinii G.P.Lewis
• Piptadenia irwinii G.P.Lewis var. irwinii
• Piptadenia irwinii G.P.Lewis var. unijuga G.P.Lewis
• Piptadenia killipii Macbr.
• Piptadenia killipii Macbr. var. cacaophila G.P.Lewis
• Piptadenia killipii Macbr. var. killipii
• Piptadenia latifolia Benth.
• Piptadenia laxipinna B.M.Barroso
• Piptadenia leucoxylon Barneby & Grimes
• Piptadenia micracantha Benth.
• Piptadenia minutiflora Ducke
• Piptadenia obliqua (Pers.)Macbr.
• Piptadenia obliqua (Pers.)Macbr. subsp. brasiliensis G.P.Lewis
• Piptadenia obliqua (Pers.)Macbr. subsp. obliqua
• Piptadenia paniculata'' Benth.
• Piptadenia paniculata Benth. var. aculeata Burkart
• Piptadenia paniculata Benth. var. paniculata
• Piptadenia peruviana (Macbr.)Barneby
• Piptadenia pteroclada Benth.
• Piptadenia ramosissima Benth.
• Piptadenia robusta Pittier
• Piptadenia santosii G.P.Lewis
• Piptadenia stipulacea (Benth.)Ducke
• Piptadenia trisperma (Vell.Conc.)Benth.
• Piptadenia uaupensis Benth.
• Piptadenia uliginosa Britton & Killip
• Piptadenia viridiflora (Kunth)Benth.
• Piptadenia weberbaueri Harms

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