Biology:Cyamopsis
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Short description: Genus of legumes
| Cyamopsis | |
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| Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (L.) Taub. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Tribe: | Indigofereae |
| Genus: | Cyamopsis DC. (1825) |
| Type species | |
| Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (L.) Taub.
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| Species[1] | |
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4; see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Cordaea Spreng. (1831) | |
Cyamopsis is a genus of the family Fabaceae. Its species are distributed across sub-Saharan Africa (southwestern Africa and the Sudanian and Somali-Masai regions), Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and India. Typical habitats include tropical seasonally-dry thorn scrub and grassland, often in floodplains, stream beds, and pans, and in open sandy or rocky areas.[1]
Species
Cyamopsis comprises the following species:[1][2][3][4]
- Cyamopsis dentata (N.E.Br.) Torre – southwestern Angola, Namibia, and Botswana
- Cyamopsis senegalensis Guill. & Perr. – dry tropical Africa (Senegal to Eritrea, Tanzania, and southwest Africa) and Saudi Arabia
- Cyamopsis serrata Schinz – Namibia and Botswana to Northern and Cape Provinces of South Africa
- Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (L.) Taub. — guar – Pakistan and western India
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Cyamopsis DC. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
- ↑ "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Cyamopsis". Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. http://www.ildis.org/AliceWeb/6.00/names/npall/npall_197.shtml.
- ↑ USDA; ARS. "GRIN species records of Cyamopsis". National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=3202.
- ↑ "The Plant List entry for Cyamopsis". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Missouri Botanical Garden. 2013. http://www.theplantlist.org/1.1/browse/A/Leguminosae/Cyamopsis/.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q2636758 entry
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