Clitoriopsis

Clitoriopsis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Tribe:	Phaseoleae
Subtribe:	Clitoriinae
Genus:	Clitoriopsis R.Wilczek (1954)
Species:	C. mollis
Binomial name
Clitoriopsis mollis R.Wilczek (1954)

Clitoriopsis is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. ^[1] It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. The genus contains a single species, Clitoriopsis mollis, a subshrub native to South Sudan and Democratic Republic of the Congo. ^{[2] [3]} It grows in seasonally-dry tropical forest margins, woodland, and wooded grassland. ^[2]

References

1. FANTZ, PAUL R. (1996). "Resegregation of "Barbieria" from "Clitoria" (Leguminosae: Phaseoleae: Clitoriinae)". SIDA, Contributions to Botany. 17 (1): 55–68. ISSN   0036-1488. JSTOR   41960950.
2. Clitoriopsis R.Wilczek. Plants of the World Online . Retrieved 16 August 2023.
3. de Queiroz, Luciano Paganucci; Pastore, José Floriano B.; Cardoso, Domingos; Snak, Cristiane; de C. Lima, Ana Luísa; Gagnon, Edeline; Vatanparast, Mohammad; Holland, Ailsa E.; Egan, Ashley N. (2015-09-01). "A multilocus phylogenetic analysis reveals the monophyly of a recircumscribed papilionoid legume tribe Diocleae with well-supported generic relationships" . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 90: 1–19. Bibcode:2015MolPE..90....1D. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.04.016. ISSN   1055-7903. PMID   25934529.