Cologania
Sign in to saveCologania is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to subfamily Faboideae. It includes 13 species of perennial climbing herbs which range from the southwestern United States through Mexico, Central America, and western (Andean) South America to northern Argentina. Most species are montane, and habitats include tropical to warm temperate montane forest, woodland, thicket, wooded grassland, and open bushland on mountain slopes.
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GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderFabales
- FamilyFabaceae
Native toArgentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf
General: a Calopogonium-Cologania-Neonotonia clade sister to a Dumasia-Glycine
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Cologania is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to subfamily Faboideae. It includes 13 species of perennial climbing herbs which range from the southwestern United States through Mexico, Central America, and western (Andean) South America to northern Argentina. Most species are montane, and habitats include tropical to warm temperate montane forest, woodland, thicket, wooded grassland, and open bushland on mountain slopes.
==Species== The following species are recognised in the genus Cologania: Cologania angustifolia Kunth Cologania biloba (Lindl.) G.Nicholson Cologania broussonetii (Balb.) DC. Cologania capitata Rose Cologania cordata Fearing ex McVaugh Cologania grandiflora Rose Cologania hintoniorum B.L.Turner Cologania hirta (M.Martens & Galeotti) N.E.Rose Cologania obovata Schltdl. Cologania pallida Rose Cologania parviflora V.M.Badillo Cologania procumbens Kunth Cologania racemosa (B.L.Rob.) Rose