Psophocarpus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
Tribe: | Phaseoleae |
Genus: |
Psophocarpus Neck. ex DC. |
Species | |
see text | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Psophocarpus is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes nine species of climbing herbs or subshrubs native to tropical Africa. Typical habitats include seasonally-dry tropical forest and forest margins, moist wooded grassland and grassland, thicket, swamp, and secondary vegetation. [1] It belongs to subfamily Faboideae.
There are currently 10 living species of Psophocarpus: [2] [3]
Sect. Psocarpus
Sect. Unifoliate
Psophocarpus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
Tribe: | Phaseoleae |
Genus: |
Psophocarpus Neck. ex DC. |
Species | |
see text | |
Synonyms [1] | |
|
Psophocarpus is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes nine species of climbing herbs or subshrubs native to tropical Africa. Typical habitats include seasonally-dry tropical forest and forest margins, moist wooded grassland and grassland, thicket, swamp, and secondary vegetation. [1] It belongs to subfamily Faboideae.
There are currently 10 living species of Psophocarpus: [2] [3]
Sect. Psocarpus
Sect. Unifoliate