''Macroptilium'' 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 family,
. 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 ...
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Species
''Macroptilium'' is made up of 19 species segregated into two
monophyletic
In cladistics for a group of organisms, monophyly is the condition of being a clade—that is, a group of taxa composed only of a common ancestor (or more precisely an ancestral population) and all of its lineal descendants. Monophyletic gro ...
sections.
Section ''Macroptilium''
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Macroptilium atropurpureum
''Macroptilium atropurpureum'', commonly referred to as purple bush-bean,Macroptilium atropurpureum. (n.d.). Tropical Forages Factsheet. Retrieved from http://www.tropicalforages.info/key/Forages/Media/Html/Macroptilium_atropurpureum.htm or ''sir ...
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Macroptilium bracteatum''
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Macroptilium erythroloma''
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Macroptilium ecuadoriensis''
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Macroptilium gracile''
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Macroptilium lathyroides
''Macroptilium lathyroides'' is a species of plant in the legume family (Fabaceae) commonly known as the phasey bean. It is the type species of genus '' Macroptilium''. Herbaceous annual or short-lived perennial growing up to 1 m high, it is ...
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Macroptilium longepedunculatum''
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Macroptilium monophyllum''
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Macroptilium panduratum''
Section ''Microcochle''
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Macroptilium arenarium''
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Macroptilium cochleatum''
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Macroptilium fraternum''
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Macroptilium gibbosifolium''
(Ortega) A. Delgado
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Macroptilium martii''
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Macroptilium pedatum''
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Macroptilium prostratum''
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Macroptilium psammodes''
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Macroptilium sabaraense''
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Macroptilium supinum''
References
External links
USDA Plants Profile
Phaseoleae
Fabaceae genera
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