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Ptycholobium
Sign in to savePtycholobium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes three species of shrubs and herbs native to sub-Saharan Africa and the southern Arabian Peninsula. Typical habitats include tropical seasonally-dry woodland, wooded grassland, and shrubland, usually in sandy soil. The genus belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It may be synonymous with Tephrosia.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Ptycholobium is referenced by 4 other articles, and connects out to plant, Arabian Peninsula and Wikidata.
Vinony files it under Fabaceae genera, Flora of the Afrotropical realm and Millettieae.
Its subject is documented across 9 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderFabales
- FamilyFabaceae
General: . Ptycholobium, Requienia and Paratephrosia, for example, are difficult
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- Millettieae
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- Ptycholobium biflorum-2446 - Flickr - Ragnhild & Neil Crawford.jpg
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Ptycholobium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes three species of shrubs and herbs native to sub-Saharan Africa and the southern Arabian Peninsula. Typical habitats include tropical seasonally-dry woodland, wooded grassland, and shrubland, usually in sandy soil. The genus belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It may be synonymous with Tephrosia.
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ptycholobium” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.