Ptycholobium

Ptycholobium
	Ptycholobium biflorum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Tribe:	Millettieae
Genus:	Ptycholobium; Harms (1915)
Species
	Ptycholobium biflorum (E.Mey.) Brummitt; Ptycholobium contortum (N.E.Br.) Brummitt; Ptycholobium plicatum (Oliv.) Harms;
Synonyms
	Sylitra E.Mey. 1835

Ptycholobium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes three species of shrubs and herbs native to sub-Saharan Africa and the southern Arabian Peninsula. Typical habitats include tropical seasonally-dry woodland, wooded grassland, and shrubland, usually in sandy soil.^[1] The genus belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It may be synonymous with Tephrosia.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Ptycholobium Harms. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
^ Brummitt, R. K. (1980). "Reconsideration of the Genera Ptycholobium, Caulocarpus, Lupinophyllum and Requienia in Relation to Tephrosia (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae)". Kew Bulletin. 35 (3): 459–473. Bibcode:1980KewBu..35..459B. doi:10.2307/4110015. ISSN 0075-5974. JSTOR 4110015.

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[powo-1] Ptycholobium Harms. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 September 2023.

[2] Brummitt, R. K. (1980). "Reconsideration of the Genera Ptycholobium, Caulocarpus, Lupinophyllum and Requienia in Relation to Tephrosia (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae)". Kew Bulletin. 35 (3): 459–473. Bibcode:1980KewBu..35..459B. doi:10.2307/4110015. ISSN 0075-5974. JSTOR 4110015.

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