Ancistrotropis is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. Species in this genus were formerly considered to belong to the genus Vigna.[1]

Ancistrotropis
Ancistrotropis firmula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Subtribe: Phaseolinae
Genus: Ancistrotropis
A. Delgado, 2011
Type species
Ancistrotropis peduncularis
(Fawcett & Rendle) A. Delgado
Species
Synonyms
  • Phaseolus ser. Pedunculares Hassl. 1923
  • Vigna sect. Pedunculares (Hassl.) Maréchal et al. 1978

References edit

  1. ^ Delgado-Salinas A, Thulin M, Pasquet R, Weeden N, Lavin M (2011). "Vigna (Leguminosae) sensu lato: the names and identities of the American segregate genera". Am J Bot. 98 (10): 1694–715. doi:10.3732/ajb.1100069. PMID 21980163.