Sphinga

Sphinga prehensilis is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is a perennial shrub endemic to Cuba.[1] It belongs to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae.[2]

Sphinga
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Clade: Mimosoid clade
Genus: Sphinga
Barneby & J.W.Grimes (1996)
Species:
S. prehensilis
Binomial name
Sphinga prehensilis
(C.Wright) Barneby & J.W.Grimes (1996)
Synonyms[1]
  • Calliandra prehensilis C.Wright (1869)
  • Feuilleea prehensilis (C.Wright) Kuntze (1891)
  • Havardia prehensilis (C.Wright) Britton & Rose (1928)
  • Pithecellobium prehensile (C.Wright) Benth. (1875)

References
  1. Sphinga prehensilis (C.Wright) Barneby & J.W.Grimes. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  2. 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.
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