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.[2] It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae.[3]
Mecopus | |
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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
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Binomial name | |
Mecopus nidulans Benn. (1840)
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Synonyms[2] | |
Uraria retrofracta Wall. (1831), not validly publ. |
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Mecopus nidulans Benn. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
- ^ "Mecopus". www.worldfloraonline.org. Retrieved 2020-11-16.