Physostigma
Appearance
Physostigma | |
---|---|
Physostigma venenosum | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
Clade: | Millettioids |
Tribe: | Phaseoleae |
Subtribe: | Phaseolinae |
Genus: | Physostigma Balf. (1861) |
Species[1] | |
5; see text |
Physostigma is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae.[2] It includes five species of erect or climbing herbs and subshrubs native to sub-Saharan Africa. They grow in tropical swamp and riverine vegetation and seasonally-dry forest, open woodland, and grassland in the Guineo-Congolian and Zambezian regions.[1] The genus belongs to subfamily Faboideae.
Species in the genus include:[1]
- Physostigma coriaceum Merxm.
- Physostigma cylindrospermum (Welw. ex Baker) Holmes
- Physostigma laxius Merxm.
- Physostigma mesoponticum Taub.
- Physostigma venenosum Balf.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Physostigma Balf". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
- ^ "Physostigma". World Flora Online. The World Flora Online Consortium. n.d. Retrieved August 4, 2020.