Spathionema
Genus of legumes
Spathionema | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
Genus: | Spathionema Taub. (1895) |
Species: | S. kilimandscharicum |
Binomial name | |
Spathionema kilimandscharicum Taub. (1895) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Vigna macrantha Harms (1901) |
Spathionema kilimandscharicum is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is a climbing or scrambling subshrub, 2 to 10 meters long, native to Kenya and Tanzania. It is the sole species in genus Spathionema.[1] It belongs to subfamily Faboideae.
It grows in mixed deciduous bushland with Acacia spp., Terminalia orbicularis, Commiphora spp., Sesamothamnus spp. and others, and in Acacia semi-desert grassland, from 350 to 1470 meters elevation.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Spathionema kilimandscharicum Taub. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
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