Biology:Neptunia (plant)

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Short description: Genus of legumes

Neptunia
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Neptunia lutea
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Clade: Mimosoid clade
Genus: Neptunia
Lour.
Synonyms
  • Hemidesma Raf.

Neptunia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae.[1][2]

Accepted species

  • Neptunia amplexicaulis Domin – Native to Queensland, Australia
  • Neptunia dimorphantha Domin – Native from the Lesser Sunda Islands to Australia
  • Neptunia gracilis Benth. – Native from Taiwan to Australia
  • Neptunia javanica Miq. – Native to Indo-China and from Java to the Lesser Sunda Islands
  • Neptunia lutea (Leavenw.) Benth. – Native to the US states of Texas , Alabama, and Oklahoma
  • Neptunia major (Benth.) Windler – Native to northern Australia
  • Neptunia monosperma F.Muell. ex Benth. – Native to northern Australia
  • Neptunia oleracea Lour. – Native to the tropics and subtropics worldwide
  • Neptunia plena (L.) Benth. – Native from the state of Texas and through to South America
  • Neptunia pubescens Benth. – Native to North and South America
  • Neptunia windleriana Santos-Silva & Mansano – Native to northeastern Brazil

References

  1. The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG). (2017). "A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny". Taxon 66 (1): 44–77. doi:10.12705/661.3. 
  2. "Neptunia Lour. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30003917-2. 

Wikidata ☰ Q3235507 entry