Phylloxylon

Last updated

Phylloxylon
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Indigofereae
Genus: Phylloxylon
Baill. (1861)
Type species
Phylloxylon decipiens
Species

7; see text

Synonyms [1]

NeobaroniaBaker (1884)

Phylloxylon is a genus of flowering plants in the Indigofereae tribe of the family Fabaceae. [2] There are seven species, all endemic to Madagascar. [3]

Contents

Species

Phylloxylon comprises the following species: [1] [4] [5]

See also

Related Research Articles

<i>Xanthocercis</i> Genus of legumes

Xanthocercis is a tree genus in the family Fabaceae. It includes three species native to sub-Saharan Africa.

<i>Indigofera</i> Genus of plants

Indigofera is a large genus of over 750 species of flowering plants belonging to the pea family Fabaceae. They are widely distributed throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the world.

<i>Gigasiphon</i> Genus of legumes

Gigasiphon is a genus of plants in the family Fabaceae. The genus is circumscribed is defined by "a long-tubular hypanthium, an arborescent habit, and a calyx divided into two lobes." It includes five species native to eastern Africa, Madagascar, the Philippines, New Guinea, and Lesser Sunda Islands.

Ormocarpopsis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes eight species of shrubs or small trees endemic to Madagascar. They inhabit seasonally-dry tropical forest, woodland, and xerophytic shrubland, sometimes on rocky outcrops of sandstone or limestone. They are found throughout the island except in the eastern lowland rain forest. The genus was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic Dalbergia clade of the Dalbergieae. It contains the following species:

Ormocarpum is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes 17 species native to tropical and southern Africa and parts of India, Indochina, Malesia, Papuasia, and the South Pacific. The genus was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic Dalbergia clade of the Dalbergieae.

Phylloxylon xiphoclada is a species of legume in the family Fabaceae. It is found only in Madagascar.

Phylloxylon xylophylloides is a species of legume in the family Fabaceae. It is found only in Madagascar.

<i>Tephrosia</i> Genus of plants

Tephrosia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It is widespread in both the Eastern and Western Hemisphere, where it is found in tropical and warm-temperate regions.

Baudouinia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes six species which are all endemic to Madagascar. It belongs to the subfamily Dialioideae.

<i>Argyrolobium</i> Genus of legumes

Argyrolobium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. Members of this genus are found in Africa, western and south Asia, and southern Europe.

<i>Cadia</i> (plant) Genus of legumes

Cadia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae which belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It includes 8 species native to northeastern Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and Madagascar.

Disynstemon paullinioides is a species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It is a liana that is native to Madagascar. It is the only member of the genus Disynstemon.

<i>Hypocalyptus</i> Genus of legumes

Hypocalyptus is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes three species of shrubs, subshrubs or small trees native to the Cape region of South Africa. Typical habitats include Mediterranean-climate shrubland (fynbos) at forest margins, in rocky and sandy areas, and along streams, often at high elevations.

Pyranthus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to subfamily Faboideae. It includes six species of shrubs and small trees endemic to Madagascar. Typical habitat is seasonally-dry tropical woodland and grassland, often on dunes or rocky outcrops, in western, southern, and central Madagascar.

Rhynchotropis is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes two species of herbs native to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, and Zambia. Typical habitats include seasonally-dry tropical woodland and wooded grassland in the northern Zambezian region, often in seasonally-damp or open sandy and rocky areas. It belongs to tribe Indigofereae of subfamily Faboideae.

<i>Smithia</i> Genus of legumes

Smithia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes 20 species of herbs or subshrubs native to sub-Saharan Africa, the Indian subcontinent, Indochina, southern China, Japan, Malesia, and northern Australia. The greatest diversity of species is in the Indian subcontinent, with 11 endemic species. Six more are widespread in southern and eastern Asia, and two of these, S. conferta and S. sensitiva, range further to northern Australia. Two species are endemic to sub-Saharan Africa. S. elliotii is native to Madagascar as well as mainland Africa, and S. conferta is also native to Madagascar. Typical habitats include seasonally-dry tropical grassland, wetlands, and streamsides.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Indigofereae</span> Tribe of legumes

The tribe Indigofereae is a subdivision of the plant family Fabaceae. It is consistently recovered as a monophyletic clade in molecular phylogenies. The Indigofereae arose 30.0 ± 3.3 million years ago.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Millettieae</span> Tribe of legumes

The tribe Millettieae is one of the subdivisions of the plant family Fabaceae.

<i>Indigastrum</i> Genus of legumes

Indigastrum is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Indigofereae of the family Fabaceae. It includes eight species native to sub-Saharan Africa, Yemen, India, and Australia.

Microcharis is a genus of flowering plants. It includes 36 species of herbs and shrublets native to Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. The genus is in tribe Indigofereae of family Fabaceae. Typical habitats include seasonally-dry tropical forest margins, woodland, thicket, wooded grassland, and grassland, often in damp, swampy, or riverine areas, or in shallow soil over rocks.

References

  1. 1 2 Phylloxylon Baill. Plants of the World Online . Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  2. Schrire BD, Lavin M, Barker NP, Forest F (2009). "Phylogeny of the tribe Indigofereae (Leguminosae-Papilionoideae): Geographically structured more in succulent-rich and temperate settings than in grass-rich environments". Am J Bot . 96 (4): 816–52. doi:10.3732/ajb.0800185. PMID   21628237.
  3. Buerki S, Devey DS, Callmander MW, Phillipson PB, Forest F (2013). "Spatio‐temporal history of the endemic genera of Madagascar". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 171 (2): 304–329. doi:10.1111/boj.12008.
  4. "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Phylloxylon". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  5. USDA; ARS; National Genetic Resources Program. "GRIN species records of Phylloxylon". Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved 12 February 2017.