Plagiocarpus

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Plagiocarpus
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Brongniartieae
Genus: Plagiocarpus
Benth. (1873)
Species [1] [2] [3]
Plagiocarpus Distribution Map.svg
Range of Plagiocarpus [4]

Plagiocarpus is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes seven species of shrubs or subshrubs native to northern Australia, from the Kimberley region of Western Australia to western Queensland. Their habitats include seasonally-dry tropical to subtropical woodland, bushland and thicket, shrubland, and grassland, typically on sandstone or sandy soils. [5] It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae.

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References

  1. Thompson IR (2010). "A revision of Plagiocarpus (Brongniartieae: Fabaceae)". Muelleria . 28: 40–52. doi: 10.5962/p.337571 . S2CID   251001459.
  2. "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Plagiocarpus". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
  3. USDA; ARS; National Genetic Resources Program. "GRIN species records of Plagiocarpus". Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
  4. Thompson IR, Ladiges PY, Ross JH (2001). "Phylogenetic studies of the tribe Brongniartieae (Fabaceae) using nuclear DNA (ITS-1) and morphological data". Syst Bot . 26 (3): 557–570. doi:10.1043/0363-6445-26.3.557 (inactive 31 January 2024). JSTOR   3093981.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of January 2024 (link)
  5. Plagiocarpus Benth. Plants of the World Online . Retrieved 15 September 2023.