Mecopus (plant)

Mecopus
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Genus:	Mecopus Benn. (1840)
Species:	M. nidulans
Binomial name
Mecopus nidulans Benn. (1840)
Synonyms [2]
Uraria retrofractaWall. (1831), not validly publ.

Inflorescence of Mecopus nidulans.

Mecopus is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes a single species, Mecopus nidulans, a scrambling perennial or subshrub native to India, Indochina, the Andaman Islands, Hainan, Java, and the Lesser Sunda Islands. ^[2] It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. ^[3]

References

1. Chadburn, H. (2012). "Mecopus nidulans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2012 e.T19891936A20105474. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T19891936A20105474.en . Retrieved 6 September 2023.
2. Mecopus nidulans Benn. Plants of the World Online . Retrieved 6 September 2023.
3. "Mecopus". www.worldfloraonline.org. Retrieved 2020-11-16.