Ptycholobium

Ptycholobium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes three species of shrubs and herbs native to sub-Saharan Africa and the southern Arabian Peninsula. Typical habitats include tropical seasonally-dry woodland, wooded grassland, and shrubland, usually in sandy soil.[1] The genus belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It may be synonymous with Tephrosia.[2]

Ptycholobium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Millettieae
Genus: Ptycholobium
Harms (1915)
Species
  • Ptycholobium biflorum (E.Mey.) Brummitt
  • Ptycholobium contortum (N.E.Br.) Brummitt
  • Ptycholobium plicatum (Oliv.) Harms
Synonyms[1]

Sylitra E.Mey. 1835

References
  1. Ptycholobium Harms. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  2. Brummitt, R. K. (1980). "Reconsideration of the Genera Ptycholobium, Caulocarpus, Lupinophyllum and Requienia in Relation to Tephrosia (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae)". Kew Bulletin. 35 (3): 459–473. doi:10.2307/4110015. ISSN 0075-5974.
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