Afrocalliandra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Clade: Mimosoid clade
Genus: Afrocalliandra
E.R. Souza & L.P. Queiroz (2013)[1]
Species[2]
  • Afrocalliandra gilbertii (Thulin & Hunde) E.R.Souza & L.P.Queiroz
  • Afrocalliandra redacta (J.H.Ross) E.R.Souza & L.P.Queiroz

Afrocalliandra is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae.[3] It includes two species, both native to sub-Saharan Africa:[2]

References

  1. ^ de Souza ER, Lewis GP, Forest F, Schnadelbach AS, van den Berg C, de Queiroz LP (2013). "Phylogeny of Calliandra (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) based on nuclear and plastid molecular markers". Taxon. 62 (6): 1200–1219. doi:10.12705/626.2.
  2. ^ a b Afrocalliandra E.R.Souza & L.P.Queiroz. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  3. ^ The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG). (2017). "A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny". Taxon. 66 (1): 44–77. doi:10.12705/661.3. hdl:10568/90658.
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