Cologania is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to subfamily Faboideae. It includes 13 species of perennial climbing herbs which range from the southwestern United States through Mexico, Central America, and western (Andean) South America to northern Argentina. Most species are montane, and habitats include tropical to warm temperate montane forest, woodland, thicket, wooded grassland, and open bushland on mountain slopes.[1]

Cologania
Cologania angustifolia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Subtribe: Glycininae
Genus: Cologania
Kunth (1823)
Species[1]

13; See text

Species

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The following species are recognised in the genus Cologania:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Cologania Kunth | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 August 2023.