Hymenostegia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes 14 species native to west and west-central tropical Africa.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Detarioideae |
| Tribe: | Amherstieae |
| Genus: | Hymenostegia Harms (1897) |
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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
edit14 species are accepted:
- Hymenostegia aubrevillei Pellegr.
- Hymenostegia bakeriana Hutch. & Dalziel
- Hymenostegia brachyura (Harms) J.Léonard
- Hymenostegia elegans Wieringa & Mackinder
- Hymenostegia felicis (A.Chev.) J.Léonard
- Hymenostegia floribunda (Benth.) Harms
- Hymenostegia gracilipes Hutch. & Dalziel
- Hymenostegia klainei Pierre ex Pellegr.
- Hymenostegia mundungu (Pellegr.) J.Léonard
- Hymenostegia neoaubrevillei J.Léonard
- Hymenostegia normandii Pellegr.
- Hymenostegia pellegrinii (A.Chev.) J.Léonard
- Hymenostegia robusta Wieringa & Mackinder
- Hymenostegia talbotii Baker f.
- Hymenostegia viridiflora Mackinder & Wieringa[3]
References
edit- ^ a b Hymenostegia Harms. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ Mackinder, B. A., & Wieringa, J. (2013). Annea gen. nov.(Detarieae, Caesalpinioideae, Leguminosae): a home for two species long misplaced in Hymenostegia sensu lato. Phytotaxa, 142(1), 1-14.
- ^ Mackinder, B. A., & Wieringa, J. J. (2013). Hymenostegia viridiflora (Detarieae, Caesalpinioideae, Leguminosae), a new tree species from Cameroon. Blumea - Biodiversity, Evolution and Biogeography of Plants, 58(1), 13-17.
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