Neonotonia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes two species of scandent or climbing herbs native to sub-Saharan Africa, Yemen, India, and Sri Lanka. Typical habitats include seasonally-dry tropical forest, woodland, thicket, scrub, wooded grassland, grassland, and cultivated areas.[1] It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae.[2]
Neonotonia | |
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Neonotonia wightii climbing in vegetation | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
Subtribe: | Glycininae |
Genus: | Neonotonia J.A.Lackey (1977) |
Species[1] | |
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References
edit- ^ a b c Neonotonia J.A.Lackey. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
- ^ Glen, H. F. (2002). Cultivated Plants of Southern Africa: Botanical Names, Common Names, Origins, Literature. Jacana Media. p. 203. ISBN 978-1-919931-17-3.