Harpalyce is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It includes 35 species of shrubs and small trees native to the tropical Americas. Their distribution is disjunct, ranging from Mexico to Nicaragua, Cuba, and northern to southeastern Brazil and Bolivia. Typical habitats include seasonally-dry tropical forest, warm-temperate humid forest, woodland, bushland and thicket, shrubland, and grassland. Most species are evergreen and flower during the dry season.Harpalyce Moc. & Sessé ex DC. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
Species Harpalyce comprises the following species:
Harpalyce acunae Borhidi & O.Muñiz Harpalyce alainii Leon
Harpalyce arborescens A.Gray Harpalyce baracoensis Borhidi & O.Muñiz Harpalyce borhidii O.Muñiz Harpalyce brasiliana Benth. Harpalyce correntina Harpalyce cristalensis Borhidi & O.Muñiz Harpalyce cubensis Griseb. Harpalyce ekmanii Urb.
Harpalyce flexuosa León & Alain ex Borhidi & O.Muñiz (unplaced)
Harpalyce formosa DC.
Harpalyce greuteri
Harpalyce hilariana Benth. Harpalyce lanata Harpalyce lepidota Taub.
Harpalyce macedoi R.S.Cowan
Harpalyce macrocarpa Britton & P.Wilson Harpalyce magnibracteata Harpalyce maisiana León & Alain Harpalyce mexicana Rose Harpalyce minor Benth.
Harpalyce nipensis Urb. Harpalyce parvifolia H.S.Irwin & Arroyo Harpalyce pringlei Rose
Harpalyce riparia São-Mateus, L.P.Queiroz & D.B.O.S.Cardoso Harpalyce robusta H.S.Irwin & Arroyo Harpalyce rupicola Donn.Sm. Harpalyce sousae Arroyo Harpalyce speciosa Harpalyce suberosa Harpalyce toaensis Borhidi & O.Muñiz Harpalyce tombadorensis Harpalyce torresii Harpalyce villosa Britton & P.Wilson Harpalyce yucatanense
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