Biology:Philenoptera

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Short description: Genus of legumes

Philenoptera
Philenoptera violacea Kruger-NP.jpg
Apple-leaf tree in the Kruger Park
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Millettieae
Genus: Philenoptera
Hochst. ex A. Rich. (1848)
Species[1]

11; see text

Philenoptera is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes 11 species of trees, shrubs, and more rarely lianas native to sub-Saharan Africa. Typical habitats include seasonally-dry tropical forest, woodland, wooded grassland, and bushland. Four species are native to the Zambezian region, 3 species to the Sudanian region, 2 species to the Zanzibar-Inhambane and Tongaland-Pondoland regions, 1 species to the Somali-Masai region, 1 species to the Guineo-Congolian region, and 1 to Madagascar .[1]


Species

(As of September 2023), Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:[1]

  • Philenoptera bussei (Harms) Schrire
  • Philenoptera cyanescens (Schumach. & Thonn.) Roberty
  • Philenoptera eriocalyx (Harms) Schrire
  • Philenoptera kanurii (Brenan & J.B.Gillett) Schrire
  • Philenoptera katangensis (De Wild.) Schrire
  • Philenoptera laxiflora (Guill. & Perr.) Roberty
  • Philenoptera nelsii (Schinz) Schrire
  • Philenoptera pallescens (Welw. ex Baker) Schrire
  • Philenoptera sutherlandii (Harv.) Schrire
  • Philenoptera violacea (Klotzsch) Schrire
  • Philenoptera wankieensis (Mendonça & E.P.Sousa) Lock

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5549460 entry