Notes on Malesian Fabaceae (Leguminosae-Papilionoideae) 17. The genus Dalbergia

A systematic treatment of the genus Dalbergia for the Flora Malesiana (FM) region is presented. The treatment includes a genus description, two keys to the species, an enumeration of the species present in the FM-area with names and synonyms, details of distribution, habitat and ecology and where needed some notes, three new species (D. minutiflora, D. pilosa, D. ramosii) are described. A new name for D. polyphylla is proposed (D. multifoliolata). The paper also contains an overview of the names, a list of collections seen and references to the literature.