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Psophocarpus
Sign in to savePsophocarpus is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes nine species of climbing herbs or subshrubs native to tropical Africa. Typical habitats include seasonally-dry tropical forest and forest margins, moist wooded grassland and grassland, thicket, swamp, and secondary vegetation. It belongs to subfamily Faboideae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderFabales
- FamilyFabaceae
Psophocarpus es un género de plantas con flores con 15 especies perteneciente a la familia Fabaceae.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 25
- With media
- 17
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Collections
- MICH, A, NY, OSW, BPBM, VT
- Recorded in
- Indonesia, Brazil, Malawi, French Polynesia, China, United States, CôTe D'Ivoire, Oubangi - Chari [Centrafrique]
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Phaseolinae
- Image
- Psophocarpus tetragonolobus Blanco2.293.png
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- Commons category
- Psophocarpus
- topic's main category
- Category:Psophocarpus
- taxon common name
- 四棱豆属
- taxon name
- Psophocarpus
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Encyclopedic overview
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Psophocarpus is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes nine species of climbing herbs or subshrubs native to tropical Africa. Typical habitats include seasonally-dry tropical forest and forest margins, moist wooded grassland and grassland, thicket, swamp, and secondary vegetation. It belongs to subfamily Faboideae.
==Species== There are currently 10 living species of Psophocarpus: Subgenus Psophocarpus Sect. Psocarpus P. grandiflorus R.Wilczek – umuharakuku P. obovalis Tisser. P. palustris Desv. P. scandens (Endl.)Verdc. – anonantaka P. tetragonolobus (L.) DC. – asparagus bean, princess bean, four-angled bean, winged bean Sect. Unifoliate P. lecomtei Tisser. P. monophyllus Harms Subgenus Vignopsis P. indicus Wild. – goa bean, winged bean P. lancifolius Harms P. lukafuensis (De Wild.)R.Wilczek
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