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Pyranthus
Sign in to savePyranthus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to subfamily Faboideae. It includes six species of shrubs and small trees endemic to Madagascar. Typical habitat is seasonally-dry tropical woodland and grassland, often on dunes or rocky outcrops, in western, southern, and central Madagascar. Pyranthus alasoa Pyranthus ambatoanus Pyranthus lucens Pyranthus monanthus Pyranthus pauciflorus Pyranthus tullearensis
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderFabales
- FamilyFabaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 112
- With media
- 117
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Collections
- MO, MNHN
- Recorded in
- Madagascar
Wikidata facts
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Millettieae
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- Pyranthus
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Pyranthus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to subfamily Faboideae. It includes six species of shrubs and small trees endemic to Madagascar. Typical habitat is seasonally-dry tropical woodland and grassland, often on dunes or rocky outcrops, in western, southern, and central Madagascar. Pyranthus alasoa Pyranthus ambatoanus Pyranthus lucens Pyranthus monanthus Pyranthus pauciflorus Pyranthus tullearensis
== References ==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pyranthus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.