Carrissoa is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. The genus has a single species, Carrissoa angolensis, a subshrub endemic to Angola.[1] It grows in seasonally-dry tropical open bushland and scrub and along watercourses, and forms woody rootstocks in fire-prone environments.[2]

Carrissoa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Phaseoleae
Subtribe: Cajaninae
Genus: Carrissoa
Baker f. (1933)
Species:
C. angolensis
Binomial name
Carrissoa angolensis
Baker f. (1933)

The genus takes its name from Portuguese botanist Luís Wittnich Carrisso.

References

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  1. ^ Manyelo, Tlou Sinah (2015). "A phylogenetic study of South African species of Rhynchosia (Phaseoleae, Fabaceae)". ujcontent.uj.ac.za. Retrieved 2022-10-05.
  2. ^ Carrissoa Baker f. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 August 2023.