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Hymenostegia
Sign in to saveHymenostegia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes 14 species native to west and west-central tropical Africa.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderFabales
- FamilyFabaceae
Native toCameroon, Congo, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria
Observations0
General: proposed; the Cynometra, Hymenostegia, Hymenaea, Crudia, Detarium
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 55
- With media
- 43
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Collections
- A, MO, GH, NY, MNHN
- Recorded in
- Cameroon, Gabon, Rep. Pop. Du Congo
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- Hymenostegia
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- Category:Hymenostegia
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Hymenostegia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes 14 species native to west and west-central tropical Africa.
The genus is not well defined. Several species probably do not belong, and some have been moved to other genera.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hymenostegia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.