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Baphiopsis
Sign in to saveBaphiopsis parviflora is an African species of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is the sole species in genus Baphiopsis. It is a shrub or tree which ranges from Cameroon to Tanzania and Angola.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 10
- With media
- 7
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Collections
- A, MO, UF
- Recorded in
- Liberia, Tanzania, Nigeria, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Gabon
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Baphiopsis parviflora is an African species of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is the sole species in genus Baphiopsis. It is a shrub or tree which ranges from Cameroon to Tanzania and Angola.
It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It is the only member of the genus Baphiopsis. It was traditionally assigned to the tribe Swartzieae; however, recent molecular phylogenetic analyses reassigned Baphiopsis parviflora into the Baphieae tribe.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Baphiopsis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.