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Geissaspis
Sign in to saveGeissaspis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It contains one accepted species, Geissaspis cristata. It is a scrambling annual or perennial that ranges from the Indian Subcontinent through Indochina to southern China and Peninsular Malaysia. It has three varieties: Geissaspis cristata var. cristata Geissaspis cristata var. malabarica Geissaspis cristata var. tenella
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderFabales
- FamilyFabaceae
General: and Aeschynomene are pantropical, and Geissaspis Asian. Isolated genera: 4
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 4
- With media
- 4
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Collections
- NY, A, MNHN
- Recorded in
- Zambia
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Geissaspis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It contains one accepted species, Geissaspis cristata. It is a scrambling annual or perennial that ranges from the Indian Subcontinent through Indochina to southern China and Peninsular Malaysia. It has three varieties: Geissaspis cristata var. cristata Geissaspis cristata var. malabarica Geissaspis cristata var. tenella
Geissaspis belongs to subfamily Faboideae and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic Dalbergia clade of the Dalbergieae. Geissaspis keilii is an unplaced name.
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