Hymenostegia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes 14 species native to west and west-central tropical Africa.[1]

Hymenostegia
Hymenostegia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Detarioideae
Tribe: Amherstieae
Genus: Hymenostegia
Harms (1897)
Synonyms[1]

Dipetalanthus A. Chev. (1946)

The genus is not well defined. Several species probably do not belong, and some have been moved to other genera.[2]

Species

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14 species are accepted:

References

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