Biology:Physostigma
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Short description: Genus of plants
| Physostigma | |
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| Physostigma venenosum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Tribe: | Phaseoleae |
| Subtribe: | Phaseolinae |
| Genus: | Physostigma Balf. (1861) |
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Physostigma is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae.[2] It includes five species of erect or climbing herbs and subshrubs native to sub-Saharan Africa. They grow in tropical swamp and riverine vegetation and seasonally-dry forest, open woodland, and grassland in the Guineo-Congolian and Zambezian regions.[1] The genus belongs to subfamily Faboideae.
Species in the genus include:[1]
- Physostigma coriaceum Merxm.
- Physostigma cylindrospermum (Welw. ex Baker) Holmes
- Physostigma laxius Merxm.
- Physostigma mesoponticum Taub.
- Physostigma venenosum Balf.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Physostigma Balf.". The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d.. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:23238-1.
- ↑ "Physostigma". The World Flora Online Consortium. n.d.. http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-4000029573.
Wikidata ☰ Q4348640 entry
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