Physostigma

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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

  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.