Bryaspis Explained

Bryaspis is a small genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes two species of herbaceous plants native to equatorial West Africa and Cameroon. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic Dalbergia clade of the Dalbergieae.^{[1] [2]} Typical habitats are seasonally dry tropical grassland and open areas, often growing in wet, swampy, rocky and sandy soil. Plants can be weeds on cultivated land.

• Bryaspis humularioides Gledhill – Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia
• Bryaspis psittacorhyncha – Senegal to Guinea and Sierra Leone; Cameroon

Notes and References

1. Lavin M, Pennington RT, Klitgaard BB, Sprent JI, de Lima HC, Gasson PE . 2001 . The dalbergioid legumes (Fabaceae): delimitation of a pantropical monophyletic clade . . 88 . 3 . 503–33 . 11250829 . 10.2307/2657116 . 2657116 .
2. Cardoso D, Pennington RT, de Queiroz LP, Boatwright JS, Van Wyk BE, Wojciechowskie MF, Lavin M . 2013 . Reconstructing the deep-branching relationships of the papilionoid legumes . . 89 . 58–75 . 10.1016/j.sajb.2013.05.001 . free . 10566/3193 . free .