Cyathostegia Explained

Cyathostegia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It contains two species native to Peru and Ecuador.[1] It is often considered to be a monotypic genus containing only Cyathostegia mathewsii.[2] [3] [4] Some sources include Cyathostegia weberbaueri.[5]

Notes and References

  1. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:22160-1 Cyathostegia (Benth.) Schery
  2. Book: Mabberly DJ . 2008 . Mabberley's Plant-book: A Portable Dictionary of Plants, Their Classifications, and Uses . 3rd . New York, NY, USA . Cambridge University Press . 242 . 9780521820714 .
  3. Torke BM, Schaal BA . 2008 . Molecular phylogenetics of the species-rich neotropical genus Swartzia (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae) and related genera of the swartzioid clade . . 95 . 2 . 215–228 . 10.3732/ajb.95.2.215 . 21632346 .
  4. Web site: GRIN species records of Cyathostegia . USDA . USDA . ARS . Agricultural Research Service . National Genetic Resources Program . Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database] . National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland . 31 January 2014 .
  5. Web site: ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Cyathostegia . . International Legume Database & Information Service . Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics . 31 January 2014 .