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Genus of legumes

Geissaspis
Geissaspis cristata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Geissaspis
Wight & Arn. (1834)
Species: G. cristata
Binomial name
Geissaspis cristata
Wight & Arn. (1834)

Geissaspis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It contains one accepted species, Geissaspis cristata. It is a scrambling annual or perennial that ranges from the Indian Subcontinent through Indochina to southern China and Peninsular Malaysia. It has three varieties:

  • Geissaspis cristata var. cristata
  • Geissaspis cristata var. malabarica (Sivar. & A.Babu) M.R.Almeida
  • Geissaspis cristata var. tenella (Benth.) M.R.Almeida

Geissaspis belongs to subfamily Faboideae and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic Dalbergia clade of the Dalbergieae. Geissaspis keilii De Wild. is an unplaced name.


References

  1. "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Geissaspis". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  2. Geissaspis cristata Wight & Arn. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  3. Lavin M, Pennington RT, Klitgaard BB, Sprent JI, de Lima HC, Gasson PE (2001). "The dalbergioid legumes (Fabaceae): delimitation of a pantropical monophyletic clade". Am J Bot. 88 (3): 503–33. doi:10.2307/2657116. JSTOR 2657116. PMID 11250829.
  4. Cardoso D, Pennington RT, de Queiroz LP, Boatwright JS, Van Wyk BE, Wojciechowskie MF, Lavin M (2013). "Reconstructing the deep-branching relationships of the papilionoid legumes". S Afr J Bot. 89: 58–75. doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2013.05.001. hdl:10566/3193.
  5. USDA; ARS; National Genetic Resources Program. "GRIN species records of Geissaspis". Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) . National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  6. Geissaspis keilii De Wild. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
Taxon identifiers
Geissaspis
Geissaspis cristata


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