Neptunia (plant)

Neptunia
Neptunia lutea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Caesalpinioideae
Clade:	Mimosoid clade
Genus:	Neptunia Lour.
Synonyms
HemidesmaRaf.

Neptunia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. ^{[1] [2]}

Accepted species

• Neptunia amplexicaulis Domin – Native to Queensland, Australia
• Neptunia dimorphantha Domin – Native from the Lesser Sunda Islands to Australia
• Neptunia gracilis Benth. – Native from Taiwan to Australia
• Neptunia javanica Miq. – Native to Indo-China and from Java to the Lesser Sunda Islands
• Neptunia lutea (Leavenw.) Benth. – Native to the US states of Texas, Alabama, and Oklahoma
• Neptunia major (Benth.) Windler – Native to northern Australia
• Neptunia monosperma F.Muell. ex Benth. – Native to northern Australia
• Neptunia oleracea Lour. – Native to the tropics and subtropics worldwide
• Neptunia plena (L.) Benth. – Native from the state of Texas and through to South America
• Neptunia pubescens Benth. – Native to North and South America
• Neptunia windleriana Santos-Silva & Mansano – Native to northeastern Brazil

References

1. The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG). (2017). "A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny". Taxon . 66 (1): 44–77. doi: 10.12705/661.3 . hdl: 10568/90658 .
2. "Neptunia Lour. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2023-05-21.