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| Christia vespertilionis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Tribe: | Desmodieae |
| Subtribe: | Desmodiinae |
| Genus: | Christia Moench |
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Christia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae.
Tropical & Subtropical Asia, including
The genus is also naturalized in Fiji and on some Caribbean islands such as St. Vincent, Martinique, Jamaica and St. Kitts. [2]
Species accepted by Plants of the World Online as of March 2024: [3]
Lespedeza is a genus of some 45 species of flowering plants in the pea family (Fabaceae), commonly known as bush clovers or Japanese clovers (hagi). The genus is native to warm temperate to subtropical regions of eastern North America, eastern and southern Asia and Australasia.
Diospyros is a genus of over 700 species of deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs. The majority are native to the tropics, with only a few species extending into temperate regions. Individual species valued for their hard, heavy, dark timber, are commonly known as ebony trees, while others are valued for their fruit and known as persimmon trees. Some are useful as ornamentals and many are of local ecological importance. Species of this genus are generally dioecious, with separate male and female plants.
Avicennia is a genus of flowering plants currently placed in the bear's breeches family, Acanthaceae. It contains mangrove trees, which occur in the intertidal zones of estuarine areas and are characterized by its "pencil roots", which are aerial roots. They are also commonly known as api api, which in the Malay language means "fires", a reference to the fact that fireflies often congregate on these trees. Species of Avicennia occur worldwide south of the Tropic of Cancer.
Aphyllodium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. Members of the genus are found in various parts of Australia, South Asia, Southeastern Asia, and south China.
Campylotropis is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes 41 species of shrubs native to Asia, ranging from the Himalayas to Indochina, China, Taiwan, Mongolia, and Korea, as well as Java and the Lesser Sunda Islands. Typical habitats include seasonally-dry tropical montane forests to temperate forest, woodland, and bushland. The genus belongs to subfamily Faboideae.
Dendrolobium is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It includes 21 species of mostly trees and shrubs and rarely herbs. Species range from eastern Africa to Madagascar, India, Indochina, southern China, Malesia, Papuasia, northern and western Australia, and the southwestern Pacific. Typical habitats include seasonally-dry tropical forest and woodland, bamboo thickets, and grassland.
Leptodesmia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It includes four species ranging from Madagascar and the Comoros to the Indian subcontinent, Indochina, China, Japan, Malesia, New Guinea, and Queensland.
Phyllodium is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae, in the subfamily Faboideae, tribe Desmodieae and subtribe Desmodiinae. Species are found in tropical and subtropical Asia through to N. Australia.
Uraria is a genus of plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes 24 species of shrubs and subshrubs native to sub-Saharan Africa, the Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, China, Malesia, Papuasia, Australia, and the South Pacific. Typical habitats are seasonally-dry tropical woodland or grassland. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae and the tribe Desmodieae.
The tribe Desmodieae is one of the subdivisions of the plant family Fabaceae. It is composed of two subtribes, Desmodiinae and Lespedezinae. Recent phylogenetics has this tribe nested within tribe Phaseoleae.
Steenisia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is endemic to the island of Borneo.
Pleurolobus is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family (Fabaceae). It includes six species, which range across sub-Saharan Africa, Yemen, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Micronesia, and Australia.
Ototropis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, found from Afghanistan, the Indian Subcontinent through to southern China including Taiwan, Southeast Asia, Indonesia and on to New Guinea, and introduced to Japan. There has been some nomenclatural confusion regarding this taxon over the centuries.
Grona is a genus in the flowering plant family Fabaceae. Its native range is worldwide tropics and subtropics.
Oxytes is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Fabaceae.
Sohmaea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Fabaceae.
Maekawaea is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family (Fabaceae). It includes three species native to New Guinea, New Caledonia, and Australia.
Polhillides velutina is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is the sole species in the genus Polhillides. It is an annual, perennial or sub-shrub, that is native to tropical regions of Africa and Madagascar, parts of Asia, New Guinea, and Australia. In Africa, its habitats include woodland and grassland in the Sudanian region, wooded grassland and grassland in the Victoria Basin forest–savanna mosaic, and wooded grassland and grassland in the Somalia-Masai region. It is found at elevations of up to 1,320 m (4,330 ft) above sea level.
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