Melliniella is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. Its only species is Melliniella micrantha, an herbaceous annual native to western and west-central tropical Africa, ranging from Senegal to Chad and the Central African Republic.[1][2] It belongs to subfamily Faboideae.
Melliniella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
Genus: | Melliniella Harms (1914) |
Species: | M. micrantha
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Binomial name | |
Melliniella micrantha Harms (1914)
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References
edit- ^ Melliniella Harms. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
- ^ Sieglstetter, Robert; Wittig, Rüdiger; Hahn, Karen (2012-12-01). "The vegetation of lateritic crusts in Northwestern Benin (Atakora region)". Flora et Vegetatio Sudano-Sambesica. 15: 25–29. doi:10.21248/fvss.15.19. ISSN 1868-3606.