Ebenus

Ebenus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It includes 21 species native to northern Africa (Morocco to Egypt), Greece and Turkey, and Iran to the western Himalayas.[1]

Ebenus
Flowers of Ebenus cretica at the Jardin des Plantes, Paris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Hedysareae
Genus: Ebenus
L. (1753)
Species[1]

21; see text

Synonyms[1]

Ebenidium Jaub. & Spach (1843), nom. illeg.

Species

  • Ebenus argentea Siehe ex Bornm.
  • Ebenus armitagei Schweinf. & Taub.
  • Ebenus barbigera Boiss.
  • Ebenus boissieri Barbey
  • Ebenus bourgaei Boiss.
  • Ebenus cappadocica Hausskn. & Siehe ex Bornm.
  • Ebenus cretica L.
  • Ebenus depressa Boiss. & Balansa
  • Ebenus haussknechtii Bornm. ex Hub.-Mor.
  • Ebenus hirsuta Jaub. & Spach
  • Ebenus lagopus Boiss.
  • Ebenus laguroides Boiss.
  • Ebenus longipes Boiss. & Balansa
  • Ebenus macrophylla Jaub. & Spach
  • Ebenus pinnata Aiton
  • Ebenus pisidica Hub.-Mor. & Reese
  • Ebenus plumosa Boiss. & Balansa
  • Ebenus reesei Hub.-Mor.
  • Ebenus sibthorpii DC.
  • Ebenus stellata Boiss.
  • Ebenus zekiyeae Aytaç & Yildirim

References

  1. Ebenus L. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  • Data related to Ebenus at Wikispecies
  • Media related to Ebenus at Wikimedia Commons
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