| Physostigma | |
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| Physostigma venenosum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Clade: | Millettioids |
| Tribe: | Phaseoleae |
| Subtribe: | Phaseolinae |
| Genus: | Physostigma Balf. (1861) |
| Species1 | |
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5; see text | |
Physostigma is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae.2 It includes five species of erect or climbing herbs and subshrubs native to sub-Saharan Africa. They grow in tropical swamp and riverine vegetation and seasonally-dry forest, open woodland, and grassland in the Guineo-Congolian and Zambezian regions.1 The genus belongs to subfamily Faboideae.
Species in the genus include:1
- Physostigma coriaceum Merxm.
- Physostigma cylindrospermum (Welw. ex Baker) Holmes
- Physostigma laxius Merxm.
- Physostigma mesoponticum Taub.
- Physostigma venenosum Balf.
References
References
- "Physostigma Balf". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
- "Physostigma". World Flora Online. The World Flora Online Consortium. n.d. Retrieved August 4, 2020.