''Baphiastrum'' is a genus of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
s in the
legume
A legume () is a plant in the family Fabaceae (or Leguminosae), or the fruit or seed of such a plant. When used as a dry grain, the seed is also called a pulse. Legumes are grown agriculturally, primarily for human consumption, for livestock f ...
family, found in west Africa.
It belongs to the subfamily
Faboideae
The Faboideae are a subfamily of the flowering plant family Fabaceae or Leguminosae. An acceptable alternative name for the subfamily is Papilionoideae, or Papilionaceae when this group of plants is treated as a family.
This subfamily is wide ...
. ''Baphiastrum'' was traditionally assigned to the tribe
Sophoreae
The tribe Sophoreae is one of the subdivisions of the plant family Fabaceae. Traditionally this tribe has been used as a wastebasket taxon to accommodate genera of Faboideae which exhibit actinomorphic, rather than zygomorphic floral symmetry and ...
; however, recent
molecular phylogenetic
Molecular phylogenetics () is the branch of phylogeny that analyzes genetic, hereditary molecular differences, predominantly in DNA sequences, to gain information on an organism's evolutionary relationships. From these analyses, it is possible to ...
analyses
reassigned ''Baphiastrum'' to the
Baphieae
The tribe Baphieae is one of the subdivisions of the plant family Fabaceae. The Baphieae tribe arose 55.3 ± 0.4 million years ago (in the early Eocene).
Genera
The Baphieae tribe has been circumscribed to include the following genera
G ...
tribe.
Species
''Baphiastrum'' comprises the following species:
* ''
Baphiastrum boonei''
(De Wild.) Vermoesen
* ''
Baphiastrum brachycarpum''
Harms
* ''
Baphiastrum calophylla''
(Harms) De Wild.
* ''
Baphiastrum elegans''
(Lester-Garland) De Wild.
* ''
Baphiastrum klainei''
(De Wild.) De Wild.
* ''
Baphiastrum pilosum''
(Baill.) De Wild.
* ''
Baphiastrum spathaceum''
(Hook. f.) Staner
* ''
Baphiastrum vermeuleni''
(De Wild.) De Wild.
Species names with uncertain taxonomic status
The status of the following species is unresolved:
* ''Baphiastrum bequaerti''
De Wild.
* ''Baphiastrum claessensi''
De Wild.
* ''Baphiastrum spathacea''
Staner
References
Baphieae
Fabaceae genera
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