Camoensia (plant)

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Camoensia
Camoensia scandens: illustrations A-D
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Clade: Meso-Papilionoideae
Clade: Genistoids
Tribe: Camoensieae
(Yakovlev 1972) Cardoso et al. 2013.[1][2]
Genus: Camoensia
Welw. ex Benth.
& Hook. f.
Species[3][4]
Synonyms
  • Giganthemum Welw.

Camoensia is a genus of 2 species of lianas in the family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae, native to the Gulf of Guinea, Africa. C. scandens is cultivated as an ornamental plant; it has one of the largest leguminous flowers, up to 20 cm across.[5] The genus has classically been assigned to the tribe Sophoreae,[6] but was recently assigned to its own monophyletic tribe, Camoensieae, on the basis of molecular phylogenetic evidence.[1][2][7][8] Species of Camoensia are known to produce quinolizidine alkaloids, consistent with their placement in the genistoid clade.[6][9]

Gallery

  • Colour plate depicting Camoensia sp.
    Colour plate depicting Camoensia sp.
  • Black and white image of C. scandens (syn. C. maxima)
    Black and white image of C. scandens (syn. C. maxima)
  • Botanical line drawing from Die Gartenlaube (1883)
    Botanical line drawing from Die Gartenlaube (1883)

References

  1. ^
    doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2013.05.001
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  2. ^
    doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2013.06.017
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  3. ^ "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Camoensia". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
  4. USDA; ARS; National Genetic Resources Program. "GRIN species records of Camoensia". Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Archived from the original
    on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
  5. ISBN 0-521-41421-0
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  6. ^
    ISBN 9780855212247
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  7. ISBN 184246017X
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  8. PMID 23221500
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  9. doi:10.1016/0031-9422(82)80046-0
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