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Genus of legumes

Sigmoidotropis
Sigmoidotropis speciosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Subtribe: Phaseolinae
Genus: Sigmoidotropis
(Piper) A. Delgado (2011)
Type species
Sigmoidotropis speciosa
(Kunth) A. Delgado
Species
Synonyms
  • Phaseolus sect. Sigmoidotropis Piper, 1926
  • Vigna subg. Sigmoidotropis (Piper) Verdc., 1970
  • Vigna sect. Sigmoidotropis (Piper) Maréchal et al., 1978

Sigmoidotropis is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes eight species native to the tropical Americas, ranging from northern Mexico and the Caribbean islands to southern Brazil. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. Species in this genus were formerly considered to belong to the genus Vigna.

References

  1. ^ Sigmoidotropis (Piper) A.Delgado. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  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.
Taxon identifiers
Sigmoidotropis
Phaseolus sect. Sigmoidotropis


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