Phylacium

Genus of legumes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Phylacium is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes two species of climbing herbs which range from southern China through Indochina, Malesia, and Papuasia to Queensland. Typical habitats include seasonally-dry tropical forest, thicket, wooded grassland, and scrub, often in disturbed areas.[1] It belongs to subfamily Faboideae.[2]

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Phylacium
Phylacium bracteosum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Subtribe: Glycininae
Genus: Phylacium
Benn. (1840)
Species[1]
  • Phylacium bracteosum Benn.
  • Phylacium majus Collett & Hemsl.
Synonyms[1]

Heleiotis Hassk. (1844)

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