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Mecopus
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Genus:	Mecopus Benn. (1840)
Species:	M. nidulans
Binomial name
Mecopus nidulans Benn. (1840)
Synonyms
Uraria retrofracta Wall. (1831), not validly publ.

Mecopus is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes a single species, Mecopus nidulans, a scrambling perennial or subshrub native to India, Indochina, the Andaman Islands, Hainan, Java, and the Lesser Sunda Islands. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae.

References

1. Chadburn, H. (2012). "Mecopus nidulans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T19891936A20105474. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T19891936A20105474.en. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
2. ^ Mecopus nidulans Benn. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
3. "Mecopus". www.worldfloraonline.org. Retrieved 2020-11-16.

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• IUCN Red List least concern species
• Desmodieae
• Monotypic Fabaceae genera
• Flora of India (region)
• Flora of Indo-China
• Flora of the Andaman Islands
• Flora of Hainan
• Flora of Java
• Flora of the Lesser Sunda Islands
• Plants described in 1840
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