Cyathostegia

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Cyathostegia
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Cyathostegia mathewsii
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Swartzieae
Genus: Cyathostegia
(Benth.) Schery
Species

Cyathostegia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It is often considered to be a monotypic genus containing only Cyathostegia mathewsii . [1] [2] [3] Some sources include Cyathostegia weberbaueri . [4]

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References

  1. Mabberly DJ (2008). Mabberley's Plant-book: A Portable Dictionary of Plants, Their Classifications, and Uses (3rd ed.). New York, NY, USA: Cambridge University Press. p. 242. ISBN   9780521820714.
  2. Torke BM, Schaal BA (2008). "Molecular phylogenetics of the species-rich neotropical genus Swartzia (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae) and related genera of the swartzioid clade". Am J Bot . 95 (2): 215–228. doi:10.3732/ajb.95.2.215.
  3. USDA; ARS; National Genetic Resources Program. "GRIN species records of Cyathostegia". Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
  4. "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Cyathostegia". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 31 January 2014.

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