Plagiosiphon: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Fabales
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Plagiosiphon
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Plagiosiphon
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Plagiosiphon
Plagiosiphon is a genus of plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes five species of trees or shrubs native to west and west-central Africa. They grow in tropical lowland Guineo-Congolian rain forest, often along rivers, on rocky banks, or on hillsides. Four species are limited to Cameroon, Gabon, and Republic of the Congo in west-central Africa. Plagiosiphon emarginatus also grows in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Côte d'Ivoire in West Africa.
Species accepted by the Plants of the World Online as of September 2023:
- Plagiosiphon discifer Harms
- Plagiosiphon emarginatus (Hutch. & Dalziel) J.Léonard
- Plagiosiphon gabonensis (A.Chev.) J.Léonard
- Plagiosiphon longitubus (Harms) J.Léonard
- Plagiosiphon multijugus (Harms) J.Léonard
Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Amherstia
- Anthonotha
- Aphanocalyx
- Berlinia
- Bikinia
- Brachycylix
- Brachystegia
- Brownea
- Browneopsis
- Crudia
- Cryptosepalum
- Cynometra
- Dicymbe
- Didelotia
- Ecuadendron
- Elizabetha
- Englerodendron
- Gilbertiodendron
- Heterostemon
- Humboldtia
- Hymenostegia
- Isoberlinia
- Julbernardia
- Leonardoxa
- Loesenera
- Macrolobium
- Maniltoa
- Michelsonia
- Micklethwaitia
- Microberlinia
- Neochevalierodendron
- Paloue
- Paramacrolobium
- Plagiosiphon
- Scorodophloeus
- Talbotiella
- Tamarindus
- Tetraberlinia
- Zenkerella