Biology:Airyantha

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Short description: Genus of legumes

Airyantha
"Airyantha schweinfurthii"
Airyantha schweinfurthii
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Baphieae
Genus: Airyantha
Brummitt (1968)
Species and subspecies[1][2][3]
  • Airyantha borneensis (Oliv.) Brummitt
  • Airyantha schweinfurthii (Taub.) Brummitt
    • subsp. confusa (Hutch. & Dalziel) Brummitt
    • subsp. schweinfurthii Brummitt

Airyantha is a small genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It was named after the botanist Herbert Kenneth Airy Shaw.[4] It was traditionally assigned to the tribe Sophoreae;[5] however, recent molecular phylogenetic analyses reassigned Airyantha into the Baphieae tribe.[6][7][8]

The genus contains two accepted species:[1]

  • Airyantha borneensis (Oliv.) Brummitt – Borneo and Philippines
  • Airyantha schweinfurthii (Taub.) Brummitt – western and west-central tropical Africa, from Côte d'Ivoire to Democratic Republic of the Congo.

References


Wikidata ☰ Q4699097 entry