Cyamopsis
Cyamopsis | |
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Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (L.) Taub. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
Tribe: | Indigofereae |
Genus: | Cyamopsis DC. (1825) |
Type species | |
Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (L.) Taub. | |
Species | |
4; see text | |
Synonyms | |
Cordaea Spreng. (1831) |
Cyamopsis is a genus of the family Fabaceae. Its species are distributed across sub-Saharan Africa (southwestern Africa and the Sudanian and Somali-Masai regions), Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and India. Typical habitats include tropical seasonally-dry thorn scrub and grassland, often in floodplains, stream beds, and pans, and in open sandy or rocky areas.
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