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{{short description|Genus of plant}}
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| image = Physostigma venenosum - Köhler–s Medizinal-Pflanzen-237.jpg
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| image_caption = Physostigma venenosum
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| authority = [[John Hutton Balfour|Balf.]]
| authority = [[John Hutton Balfour|Balf.]] (1861)
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = 5; see text
| subdivision_ref = <ref name = powo>{{cite web|url= https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:23238-1|title= ''Physostigma'' Balf.|author=<!--Not stated-->|date=n.d.|website=[[Plants of the World Online]]|publisher=The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|access-date= 14 September 2023}}</ref>
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'''''Physostigma''''' is a genus of [[flowering plant]]s in the [[legume]] family, [[Fabaceae]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-4000029573|title= Physostigma|author=<!--Not stated-->|date=n.d.|website=World Flora Online|publisher=The World Flora Online Consortium|access-date= August 4, 2020}}</ref> It belongs to the subfamily [[Faboideae]].
'''''Physostigma''''' is a genus of [[flowering plant]]s in the family [[Fabaceae]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-4000029573|title= Physostigma|author=<!--Not stated-->|date=n.d.|website=World Flora Online|publisher=The World Flora Online Consortium|access-date= August 4, 2020}}</ref> 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 region|Guineo-Congolian]] and [[Zambezian region]]s.<ref name = powo/> The genus belongs to subfamily [[Faboideae]].


Species in the genus include:<ref name=powo/>
Species in the genus include<ref name=KewPOWO>{{cite web|url= http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:23238-1|title= Physostigma Balf.|author=<!--Not stated-->|date=n.d.|website=Plants of the World Online|publisher=The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|access-date= August 4, 2020}}</ref>:
* ''[[Physostigma coriaceum]]'' <small>Merxm.</small><br>
* ''[[Physostigma coriaceum]]'' <small>Merxm.</small>
* ''[[Physostigma cylindrospermum]]'' <small>(Welw. ex Baker) Holmes</small><br>
* ''[[Physostigma cylindrospermum]]'' <small>(Welw. ex Baker) Holmes</small>
* ''[[Physostigma laxius]]'' <small>Merxm.</small><br>
* ''[[Physostigma laxius]]'' <small>Merxm.</small>
* ''[[Physostigma mesoponticum]]'' <small>Taub.</small><br>
* ''[[Physostigma mesoponticum]]'' <small>Taub.</small>
* ''[[Physostigma venenosum]]'' <small>Balf.</small><br>
* ''[[Physostigma venenosum]]'' <small>Balf.</small>


==References==
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[[Category:Taxa named by John Hutton Balfour]]
[[Category:Fabaceae genera]]
[[Category:Afrotropical realm flora]]





Latest revision as of 23:35, 18 January 2024

Physostigma
Physostigma venenosum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Clade: Millettioids
Tribe: Phaseoleae
Subtribe: Phaseolinae
Genus: Physostigma
Balf. (1861)
Species[1]

5; see text

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]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Physostigma Balf". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Physostigma". World Flora Online. The World Flora Online Consortium. n.d. Retrieved August 4, 2020.