Physostigma
Genus of plants
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Physostigma is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae.[2] It includes five species of erect or climbing herbs and subshrubs native to sub-Saharan Africa. They grow in tropical swamp and riverine vegetation and seasonally-dry forest, open woodland, and grassland in the Guineo-Congolian and Zambezian regions.[1] The genus belongs to subfamily Faboideae.
| Physostigma | |
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| Physostigma venenosum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Clade: | Millettioids |
| Tribe: | Phaseoleae |
| Subtribe: | Phaseolinae |
| Genus: | Physostigma Balf. (1861) |
| Species[1] | |
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5; see text | |
Species in the genus include:[1]
- Physostigma coriaceum Merxm.
- Physostigma cylindrospermum (Welw. ex Baker) Holmes
- Physostigma laxius Merxm.
- Physostigma mesoponticum Taub.
- Physostigma venenosum Balf.
