Moullava is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes four species of lianas or scrambling shrubs native to tropical Africa from Cameroon to Tanzania and Angola, and to tropical Asia from India to Indochina, southern China, and western Malesia. Typical habitat includes forest margins of seasonally-dry semi-evergreen tropical forest.[1] It belongs to the subfamily Caesalpinioideae.
Moullava | |
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Moullava spicata (India) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
Tribe: | Caesalpinieae |
Genus: | Moullava Adans. (1763) |
Type species | |
Moullava spicata (Dalzell ex Wight) Nicolson
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Species[1] | |
four; see text | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Species
editMoullava comprises the following species:[1][2]
- Moullava digyna (Rottler) Gagnon & G.P.Lewis—Teri pod
- Moullava spicata (Dalzell ex Wight) Nicolson
- Moullava tortuosa (Roxb.) Gagnon & G.P.Lewis
- Moullava welwitschiana (Oliv.) Gagnon & G.P.Lewis
References
editWikispecies has information related to Moullava.
- ^ a b c d Moullava Adans. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
- ^ Gagnon E, Bruneau A, Hughes CE, de Queiroz LP, Lewis GP (2016). "A new generic system for the pantropical Caesalpinia group (Leguminosae)". PhytoKeys (71): 1–160. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.71.9203. PMC 5558824. PMID 28814915.