Biology:Salweenia

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Short description: Genus of legumes

Salweenia
Salweenia.jpg
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Sophoreae
Genus: Salweenia
Baker f.
Species

2; see text

Salweenia distribution.svg
The range of Salweenia:
  Salweenia bouffordiana
  Salweenia wardii

Salweenia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes two species of evergreen shrubs native to Tibet and Sichuan. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. They grow in dry continental temperate montane habitats, typically thickets on dry stony slopes, on gravel terraces, and in sandy stream beds.[1]

Species

Salweenia comprises the following species:[1][2][3][4]

  • Salweenia bouffordiana H.Sun, Zhi M.Li & J.P.Yue
  • Salweenia wardii Baker f.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Salweenia Baker f. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  2. "Systematics of the genus Salweenia (Leguminosae) from Southwest China with discovery of a second species". Taxon 60 (5): 1366–1374. 2011. doi:10.1002/tax.605012. 
  3. "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Salweenia". Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. http://www.ildis.org/LegumeWeb?version~10.01&genus~Salweenia&species~. Retrieved 15 May 2014. 
  4. USDA; ARS. "GRIN species records of Salweenia". National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?10676. Retrieved 15 May 2014. 

Wikidata ☰ Q3311046 entry