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Rhynchotropis
Sign in to saveRhynchotropis is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes two species of herbs native to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, and Zambia. Typical habitats include seasonally-dry tropical woodland and wooded grassland in the northern Zambezian region, often in seasonally-damp or open sandy and rocky areas. It belongs to tribe Indigofereae of subfamily Faboideae.
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- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderFabales
- FamilyFabaceae
General: and Rhynchotropis (CRIM) clade which is sister to the Indigofera-Vaughania
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Rhynchotropis is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes two species of herbs native to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, and Zambia. Typical habitats include seasonally-dry tropical woodland and wooded grassland in the northern Zambezian region, often in seasonally-damp or open sandy and rocky areas. It belongs to tribe Indigofereae of subfamily Faboideae.
==Species== Rhynchotropis comprises the following species: Rhynchotropis marginata (N.E.Br.) J.B.Gillett Rhynchotropis poggei (Taub.) Harms