Rhodopis is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes three species native to the West Indies.[1]
Rhodopis | |
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Rhodopis volubilis | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
Tribe: | Diocleae |
Genus: | Rhodopis Urb. (1900) |
Synonyms[1] | |
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The genus belongs to the tribe Diocleae in subfamily Faboideae.[2]
Species
editThree species are accepted:[1]
- Rhodopis planisiliqua (L.) Urb. – Hispaniola
- Rhodopis rudolphioides (Griseb.) L.P.Queiroz – Bahamas, Hispaniola, and eastern Cuba
- Rhodopis volubilis (Willd.) L.P.Queiroz – Puerto Rico
References
edit- ^ a b c Rhodopis Urb. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- ^ de Queiroz LP, Pastore JF, Cardoso D, Snak C, de C Lima AL, Gagnon E, Vatanparast M, Holland AE, Egan AN (2015). "A multilocus phylogenetic analysis reveals the monophyly of a recircumscribed papilionoid legume tribe Diocleae with well-supported generic relationships". Mol Phylogenet Evol. 90: 1–19. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.04.016. PMID 25934529.