Vandasina
Genus of legumes
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Vandasina is a monotypic genus—that is, a genus that includes only one known species—of plants in the legume family, Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae. The sole included species is Vandasina retusa (Benth.) Rauschert[2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Subtribe: | Kennediinae |
| Genus: | Vandasina Rauschert (1982) |
| Species: | V. retusa |
| Binomial name | |
| Vandasina retusa (Benth.) Rauschert (1982) | |
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It is a climbing shrub native to the island of New Guinea and Queensland (in Australia).[2]
The genus and species were both first published in Taxon Vol.31 on page 559 in 1982.[2]
The genus name of Vandasina is in honour of Karel (Karl) Vandas (1861–1923), who was a (Bohemian-) Czech Botanist and teacher, who taught in Prague and was Professor of Agriculture and forestry at the Technical College in Brno.[3]
