Cymbosema is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes a single species, Cymbosema roseum, a liana native to the tropical Americas. It ranges from southeastern Mexico to Bolivia and northeastern and west-central Brazil.[1] Typical habitats include tropical lowland rain forest and riverine forest.[2]
Cymbosema | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
Tribe: | Diocleae |
Genus: | Cymbosema Benth. (1840) |
Species: | C. roseum
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Binomial name | |
Cymbosema roseum Benth. (1840)
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Cymbosema belongs to subfamily Faboideae and tribe Diocleae.[3] It may be synonymous with Dioclea.
References
editWikispecies has information related to Cymbosema.
- ^ a b Cymbosema roseum Benth. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
- ^ Cymbosema Benth. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
- ^ de Queiroz LP, Pastore JF, Cardoso D, Snak C, de C Lima AL, Gagnon E, Vatanparast M, Holland AE, Egan AN (2015). "A multilocus phylogenetic analysis reveals the monophyly of a recircumscribed papilionoid legume tribe Diocleae with well-supported generic relationships". Mol Phylogenet Evol. 90: 1–19. Bibcode:2015MolPE..90....1D. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.04.016. PMID 25934529.