Clitoriopsis Explained

Clitoriopsis is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae.^[1] It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. The genus contains a single species, Clitoriopsis mollis, a subshrub native to South Sudan and Democratic Republic of the Congo.^{[2] [3]} It grows in seasonally-dry tropical forest margins, woodland, and wooded grassland.^[2]

Notes and References

1. FANTZ . PAUL R. . Resegregation of "Barbieria" from "Clitoria" (Leguminosae: Phaseoleae: Clitoriinae) . 1996 . SIDA, Contributions to Botany . 17 . 1 . 55–68 . 41960950 . 0036-1488.
2. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:22042-1 Clitoriopsis R.Wilczek
3. de Queiroz . Luciano Paganucci . Pastore . José Floriano B. . Cardoso . Domingos . Snak . Cristiane . de C. Lima . Ana Luísa . Gagnon . Edeline . Vatanparast . Mohammad . Holland . Ailsa E. . Egan . Ashley N. . 2015-09-01 . A multilocus phylogenetic analysis reveals the monophyly of a recircumscribed papilionoid legume tribe Diocleae with well-supported generic relationships . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution . en . 90 . 1–19 . 10.1016/j.ympev.2015.04.016 . 25934529 . 2015MolPE..90....1D . 1055-7903.