Mecopus (plant)

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Mecopus
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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 nidulans inflor Taub45A.png
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. 1 2 Mecopus nidulans Benn. Plants of the World Online . Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  3. "Mecopus". www.worldfloraonline.org. Retrieved 2020-11-16.