Ebenus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It includes 21 species native to northern Africa (Morocco to Egypt), Greece and Turkey, and Iran to the western Himalayas.[1]
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| Flowers of Ebenus cretica at the Jardin des Plantes, Paris | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Tribe: | Hedysareae |
| Genus: | Ebenus L. (1753) |
| Species[1] | |
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21; see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Ebenidium Jaub. & Spach (1843), nom. illeg. | |
Species
edit- Ebenus argentea Siehe ex Bornm.
- Ebenus armitagei Schweinf. & Taub.
- Ebenus barbigera Boiss.
- Ebenus boissieri Barbey
- Ebenus bourgaei Boiss.
- Ebenus cappadocica Hausskn. & Siehe ex Bornm.
- Ebenus cretica L.
- Ebenus depressa Boiss. & Balansa
- Ebenus haussknechtii Bornm. ex Hub.-Mor.
- Ebenus hirsuta Jaub. & Spach
- Ebenus lagopus Boiss.
- Ebenus laguroides Boiss.
- Ebenus longipes Boiss. & Balansa
- Ebenus macrophylla Jaub. & Spach
- Ebenus pinnata Aiton
- Ebenus pisidica Hub.-Mor. & Reese
- Ebenus plumosa Boiss. & Balansa
- Ebenus reesei Hub.-Mor.
- Ebenus sibthorpii DC.
- Ebenus stellata Boiss.
- Ebenus zekiyeae Aytaç & Yildirim
References
edit- ^ a b c Ebenus L. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
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