Geissaspis

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Geissaspis
Geissaspis cristata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Geissaspis
Wight & Arn. (1834)
Species:
G. cristata
Binomial name
Geissaspis cristata
Wight & Arn. (1834)

Geissaspis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It contains one accepted species, Geissaspis cristata.[1] It is a scrambling annual or perennial which ranges from the Indian Subcontinent through Indochina to southern China and Peninsular Malaysia. It has three varieties:[2]

  • Geissaspis cristata var. cristata
  • Geissaspis cristata var. malabarica (Sivar. & A.Babu) M.R.Almeida
  • Geissaspis cristata var. tenella (Benth.) M.R.Almeida

Geissaspis belongs to subfamily Faboideae, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic Dalbergia clade of the Dalbergieae.[3][4][5] Geissaspis keilii De Wild. is an unplaced name.[6]


References

  1. ^ "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Geissaspis". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  2. ^ Geissaspis cristata Wight & Arn. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  3. PMID 11250829
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  4. doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2013.05.001
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  5. USDA; ARS; National Genetic Resources Program. "GRIN species records of Geissaspis". Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory
    , Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  6. ^ Geissaspis keilii De Wild. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 25 August 2023.


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