| Melliniella | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Melliniella Harms (1914) |
| Species: | M. micrantha |
| Binomial name | |
| Melliniella micrantha Harms (1914) | |
Melliniella is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. Its only species is Melliniella micrantha, an herbaceous annual native to western and west-central tropical Africa, ranging from Senegal to Chad and the Central African Republic. [1] [2] It belongs to subfamily Faboideae.