Wajira

Wajira
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Subtribe:	Phaseolinae
Genus:	Wajira; Thulin, 1982
Type species
	Wajira albescens; Thulin
Species[1]
	Wajira albescens (Bentham) R. Ram. & A. Delgado; Wajira danissana Thulin & Lavin; Wajira grahamiana (Wight & Arn.) Thulin & Lavin,; Wajira praecox (Verde.) Thulin & Lavin; Wajira virescens (Thulin) Thulin & Lavin;
	Range of the legume genus Wajira
Synonyms
	Vigna subg. Macrorhynchus Verdc., 1970;

Wajira 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.[2] A key for the genus has been published.[1]

References

Thulin M, Lavin M, Pasquet R, Delgado-Salinas A (2004). "Phylogeny and Biogeography of Wajira (Leguminosae): A Monophyletic Segregate of Vigna Centered in the Horn of Africa Region". Syst Bot. 29 (4): 903–920. doi:10.1600/0363644042451035. JSTOR 25064020.
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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[Thulin-1] Thulin M, Lavin M, Pasquet R, Delgado-Salinas A (2004). "Phylogeny and Biogeography of Wajira (Leguminosae): A Monophyletic Segregate of Vigna Centered in the Horn of Africa Region". Syst Bot. 29 (4): 903–920. doi:10.1600/0363644042451035. JSTOR 25064020.

[2] 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.