Biology:Burkea (plant)

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Short description: Genus of legumes

Burkea
Burkea africana00.jpg
B. africana in summer
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B. africana in spring foliage
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
(unranked): Dimorphandra Group A
Genus: Burkea
Benth.

Burkea is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family Fabaceae, and its subfamily Caesalpinioideae.[1]

The genus contains two species:[2]

References

  1. The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG). (2017). "A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny". Taxon 66 (1): 44–77. doi:10.12705/661.3. 
  2. "Burkea". http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Burkea. Retrieved 9 May 2016. 

Wikidata ☰ Q4998974 entry