Fillaeopsis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
Clade: | Mimosoid clade |
Genus: | Fillaeopsis Harms (1899) |
Species: | F. discophora
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Binomial name | |
Fillaeopsis discophora Harms (1899)
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Fillaeopsis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae.[1] It contains a single species, Fillaeopsis discophora. It is a tree native to Nigeria and west-central Africa (Cameroon, Central African Republic, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, and DR Congo). It is a tree of the Guineo-Congolian forest, where it grows up to 130 feet (40 m) tall.[2]