''Nesphostylis'' 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, Fabaceae. 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 widely ...

. It was previously believed to be a monotypic African genus consisting of the species ''N. holosericea'' from West and East Africa, but a second species, ''Nesphostylis lanceolata'', was found in Burma in 1977. A third species, ''N. bracteata'', was found in India.

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Phaseoleae Fabaceae genera {{Phaseoleae-stub