Helicotropis

Helicotropis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Phaseoleae
Subtribe: Phaseolinae
Genus: Helicotropis
A. Delgado, 2011
Type species
Helicotropis linearis (Kunth) A. Delgado
Species
  • Helicotropis linearis (Kunth) A. Delgado
  • Helicotropis spectabilis (Standl.) A. Delgado
  • Helicotropis stenoloba (Standley) A. Delgado
  • Helicotropis hookeri (Verdc.) A. Delgado

Helicotropis is a small genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. Species in this genus were formerly considered to belong to the genus Vigna.[1]

References

  1. Delgado-Salinas A, Thulin M, Pasquet R, Weeden N, Lavin M. (2011). "Vigna (Leguminosae) sensu lato: the names and identities of the American segregate genera". Am J Bot 98 (10): 1694–715. doi:10.3732/ajb.1100069. PMID 21980163.
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