Ptychosema
Genus of legumes
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Ptychosema is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae.[1] It includes a single species, Ptychosema pusillum, an herbaceous perennial native to desert and dry shrubland in central and western Western Australia.[2][3] It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae.
| Ptychosema | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Ptychosema Benth. ex Lindl. (1839)[1] |
| Species: | P. pusillum |
| Binomial name | |
| Ptychosema pusillum Benth. (1839)[2] | |