Gelrebia

Gelrebia
Gelrebia rubra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Caesalpinioideae
Tribe:	Caesalpinieae
Genus:	Gelrebia Gagnon & G.P.Lewis (2016)
Type species
Gelrebia rubra (Engl.) Gagnon & G.P.Lewis
Species
Eight; see text

Gelrebia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. It includes eight species native to sub-Saharan Africa, which range from Ethiopia to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Africa. ^[1]

Species

Gelrebia comprises the following species: ^{[2] [1]}

• Gelrebia bracteata (Germish.) Gagnon & G.P.Lewis
• Gelrebia dauensis (Thulin) Gagnon & G.P.Lewis
• Gelrebia glandulosopedicellata (R.Wilczek) Gagnon & G.P.Lewis
• Gelrebia merxmuellerana (A.Schreib.) Gagnon & G.P.Lewis (Namibia)
• Gelrebia oligophylla (Harms) Gagnon & G.P.Lewis
• Gelrebia rostrata (N.E.Br.) Gagnon & G.P.Lewis
• Gelrebia rubra (Engl.) Gagnon & G.P.Lewis
• Gelrebia trothae (Harms) Gagnon & G.P.Lewis
  • subsp. erlangeri(Harms) Gagnon & G.P.Lewis
  • subsp. trothae(Harms) Gagnon & G.P.Lewis

References

1. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60473338-2 Gelrebia Gagnon & G.P.Lewis]. Plants of the World Online . Retrieved 31 August 2023.
2. Gagnon E, Bruneau A, Hughes CE, de Queiroz LP, Lewis GP (2016). "A new generic system for the pantropical Caesalpinia group (Leguminosae)". PhytoKeys (71): 1–160. doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.71.9203 . PMC   5558824 . PMID   28814915.