Cymbosema

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Cymbosema
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Diocleae
Genus: Cymbosema
Benth. (1840)
Species:
C. roseum
Binomial name
Cymbosema roseum
Benth. (1840)
Synonyms [1]
  • Dioclea purpureaPoepp. (1845)
  • Dioclea rosea(Benth.) N.Zamora (2000)

Cymbosema is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes a single species, Cymbosema roseum, a liana native to the tropical Americas. It ranges from southeastern Mexico to Bolivia and northeastern and west-central Brazil. [1] Typical habitats include tropical lowland rain forest and riverine forest. [2]

Cymbosema belongs to subfamily Faboideae and tribe Diocleae. [3] It may be synonymous with Dioclea .

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References

  1. 1 2 Cymbosema roseum Benth. Plants of the World Online . Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  2. Cymbosema Benth. Plants of the World Online . Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  3. de Queiroz LP, Pastore JF, Cardoso D, Snak C, de C Lima AL, Gagnon E, Vatanparast M, Holland AE, Egan AN (2015). "A multilocus phylogenetic analysis reveals the monophyly of a recircumscribed papilionoid legume tribe Diocleae with well-supported generic relationships". Mol Phylogenet Evol. 90: 1–19. Bibcode:2015MolPE..90....1D. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.04.016. PMID   25934529.