Hymenostegia

Hymenostegia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Tribe: Detarieae
Genus: Hymenostegia

Hymenostegia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. They are native to Africa.[1]

The genus is not well defined. Several species probably do not belong, and some have been moved to other genera.[1]

Species include:

References

  1. 1 2 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.
  2. 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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