Antopetitia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It contains a single species, Antopetitia abyssinica, an herbaceous annual native to sub-Saharan Africa, ranging from Nigeria to Eritrea and Mozambique.[2] It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae.[3]
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Genus: | Antopetitia A.Rich. (1840) |
Species: | A. abyssinica
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Binomial name | |
Antopetitia abyssinica A.Rich. (1840)
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Members within the genus bear odd-pinnately compound leaves with five to eleven leaflets. Stipules are reduced to glands. Inflorescences are pedunculate umbels borne in axillae. Flowers each have a gamosepalous but toothed calyx and a corolla of petals each divided into a claw and limb of equal or near-equal length. Each fruit consists of two to five one-seeded segments, each of which dehisce into two valves upon maturity.[citation needed]
References
editWikispecies has information related to Antopetitia.
- ^ Antopetitia abyssinica A.Rich. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
- ^ Antopetitia A.Rich. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
- ^ "Classification for Kingdom Plantae Down to Genus Antopetitia A. Rich". USDA. Retrieved 15 June 2019.