Geissaspis
Genus of legumes
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Geissaspis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It contains one accepted species, Geissaspis cristata.[1] 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:[2]
- Geissaspis cristata var. cristata
- Geissaspis cristata var. malabarica (Sivar. & A.Babu) M.R.Almeida
- Geissaspis cristata var. tenella (Benth.) M.R.Almeida
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| Geissaspis | |
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| Geissaspis cristata | |
Scientific 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 belongs to subfamily Faboideae and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic Dalbergia clade of the Dalbergieae.[3][4][5] Geissaspis keilii De Wild. is an unplaced name.[6]
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