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Philenoptera
Sign in to savePhilenoptera is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes 11 species of trees, shrubs, and more rarely lianas native to sub-Saharan Africa. Typical habitats include seasonally-dry tropical forest, woodland, wooded grassland, and bushland. Four species are native to the Zambezian region, 3 species to the Sudanian region, 2 species to the Zanzibar-Inhambane and Tongaland-Pondoland regions, 1 species to the Somali-Masai region, 1 species to the Guineo-Congolian region, and 1 to Madagascar.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderFabales
- FamilyFabaceae
General: Hu et al. (2000; 2002) place Philenoptera in a group sister
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 9
- With media
- 6
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Collections
- A, MO, GH, B
- Recorded in
- Malawi, Tanzania, Sierra Leone, CôTe D'Ivoire, Singapore, Sudan
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Philenoptera is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes 11 species of trees, shrubs, and more rarely lianas native to sub-Saharan Africa. Typical habitats include seasonally-dry tropical forest, woodland, wooded grassland, and bushland. Four species are native to the Zambezian region, 3 species to the Sudanian region, 2 species to the Zanzibar-Inhambane and Tongaland-Pondoland regions, 1 species to the Somali-Masai region, 1 species to the Guineo-Congolian region, and 1 to Madagascar.
==Species== , Plants of the World Online accepted the following species: Philenoptera bussei (Harms) Schrire Philenoptera cyanescens (Schumach. & Thonn.) Roberty Philenoptera eriocalyx (Harms) Schrire Philenoptera kanurii (Brenan & J.B.Gillett) Schrire Philenoptera katangensis (De Wild.) Schrire Philenoptera laxiflora (Guill. & Perr.) Roberty Philenoptera nelsii (Schinz) Schrire Philenoptera pallescens (Welw. ex Baker) Schrire Philenoptera sutherlandii (Harv.) Schrire Philenoptera violacea (Klotzsch) Schrire Philenoptera wankieensis (Mendonça & E.P.Sousa) Lock
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