Leptospron

Leptospron is a small genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. Species in this genus were formerly considered to belong to the genus Vigna.[1]

Leptospron
Leptospron adenanthum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Subtribe: Phaseolinae
Genus: Leptospron
(Benth.) A. Delgado
Type species
Leptospron adenanthum
(G. Mey.) A. Delgado
Species
  • Leptospron adenanthum (G. Meyer) A. Delgado
  • Leptospron gentryi (Standley) A. Delgado
Synonyms
  • Phaseolus sect. Leptospron Benth., 1865
  • Vigna sect. Leptospron (Benth.) Maréchal et al., 1978

References
  1. Delgado-Salinas A, Thulin M, Pasquet R, Weeden N, Lavin M (2011). "Vigna (Leguminosae) sensu lato: the names and identities of the American segregate genera". Am J Bot. 98 (10): 1694–715. doi:10.3732/ajb.1100069. PMID 21980163.


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