Geissaspis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It contains one accepted species, Geissaspis cristata.[1] It is a scrambling annual or perennial that ranges from the Indian Subcontinent through Indochina to southern China and Peninsular Malaysia. It has three varieties:[2]
- Geissaspis cristata var. cristata
- Geissaspis cristata var. malabarica (Sivar. & A.Babu) M.R.Almeida
- Geissaspis cristata var. tenella (Benth.) M.R.Almeida
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Geissaspis Wight & Arn. (1834) |
| Species: | G. cristata
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| Geissaspis cristata Wight & Arn. (1834)
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Geissaspis belongs to subfamily Faboideae and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic Dalbergia clade of the Dalbergieae.[3][4][5] Geissaspis keilii De Wild. is an unplaced name.[6]
References
edit- ^ "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Geissaspis". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
- ^ Geissaspis cristata Wight & Arn. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
- ^ Lavin M, Pennington RT, Klitgaard BB, Sprent JI, de Lima HC, Gasson PE (2001). "The dalbergioid legumes (Fabaceae): delimitation of a pantropical monophyletic clade". Am J Bot. 88 (3): 503–33. doi:10.2307/2657116. JSTOR 2657116. PMID 11250829.
- ^ Cardoso D, Pennington RT, de Queiroz LP, Boatwright JS, Van Wyk BE, Wojciechowskie MF, Lavin M (2013). "Reconstructing the deep-branching relationships of the papilionoid legumes". S Afr J Bot. 89: 58–75. doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2013.05.001. hdl:10566/3193.
- ^ USDA; ARS; National Genetic Resources Program. "GRIN species records of Geissaspis". Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
- ^ Geissaspis keilii De Wild. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
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