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Pycnospora
Sign in to savePycnospora lutescens is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is a subshrub or perennial native to east-central tropical Africa, tropical and subtropical Asia, eastern Malesia, and northern Australia. It is the sole species in genus Pycnospora. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae.
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- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderFabales
- FamilyFabaceae
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- Pycnospora
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- 密子豆属
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Pycnospora lutescens is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is a subshrub or perennial native to east-central tropical Africa, tropical and subtropical Asia, eastern Malesia, and northern Australia. It is the sole species in genus Pycnospora. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae.
In Africa, Pycnospora lutescens grows in woodland, bushland, grassland, and thicket in the Victoria Basin forest–savanna mosaic, and woodland, bushland, and thicket in the Somali-Masai region of Kenya and Tanzania.