Hymenostegia
Hymenostegia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Detarioideae
Tribe: Amherstieae
Genus: Hymenostegia
Harms (1897)
Synonyms[1]

Dipetalanthus A. Chev. (1946)

Hymenostegia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes 14 species native to west and west-central tropical Africa.[1]

The genus is not well defined. Several species probably do not belong, and some have been moved to other genera.[2]

Species

14 species are accepted:

  • Hymenostegia aubrevillei Pellegr.
  • Hymenostegia bakeriana Hutch. & Dalziel
  • Hymenostegia brachyura (Harms) J.Léonard
  • Hymenostegia elegans Wieringa & Mackinder
  • Hymenostegia felicis (A.Chev.) J.Léonard
  • Hymenostegia floribunda (Benth.) Harms
  • Hymenostegia gracilipes Hutch. & Dalziel
  • Hymenostegia klainei Pierre ex Pellegr.
  • Hymenostegia mundungu (Pellegr.) J.Léonard
  • Hymenostegia neoaubrevillei J.Léonard
  • Hymenostegia normandii Pellegr.
  • Hymenostegia pellegrinii (A.Chev.) J.Léonard
  • Hymenostegia robusta Wieringa & Mackinder
  • Hymenostegia talbotii Baker f.
  • Hymenostegia viridiflora Mackinder & Wieringa[3]

References

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