Pseudovigna

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Pseudovigna
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Subtribe: Glycininae
Genus: Pseudovigna
(Harms) Verdc. (1970)
Species[1]

Pseudovigna is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes three species of trailing or climbing perennial herbs native to tropical Africa, in Sierra Leone and Ghana to Nigeria in West Africa, and Kenya to Mozambique and Zimbabwe in east Africa.[1] It belongs to subfamily Faboideae.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Pseudovigna (Harms) Verdc. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  2. ^ Clark, Ruth; van der Burgt, Xander; Banks, Hannah; Feika, Abdulai M. B.; Lewis, Gwilym (2011-12-01). "A synopsis of Pseudovigna (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae) including a new species, P. sulaensis, from Sierra Leone". Kew Bulletin. 66 (4): 589–599. doi:10.1007/s12225-011-9314-8. ISSN 1874-933X.