Pleurolobus
Appearance
Pleurolobus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Genus: | Pleurolobus J.St.-Hil. (1812) |
Pleurolobus is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family (Fabaceae). It includes six species, which range across sub-Saharan Africa, Yemen, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Micronesia, and Australia.[1]
Species
[edit]Six species are accepted:[1]
- Pleurolobus flexuosus (Wall. ex Benth.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi – China (Sichuan), Myanmar, Thailand, and Cambodia
- Pleurolobus gangeticus (L.) J.St.-Hil. ex H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi – sub-Saharan Africa, Yemen, South and Southeast Asia, New Guinea, and Australia
- Pleurolobus lobatus (Schindl.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi – western Madagascar
- Pleurolobus pryonii (DC.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi – southern India and Sri Lanka
- Pleurolobus salicifolius (Poir.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi – Sub-saharan Africa, Madagascar, and Réunion
- Pleurolobus tanganyikensis (Baker) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi – Tanzania to Angola and Mozambique
References
[edit]- ^ a b Pleurolobus J.St.-Hil. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 4 August 2023.