Cymbosema Explained

Cymbosema is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes a single species, Cymbosema roseum, a liana native to the tropical Americas. It ranges from southeastern Mexico to Bolivia and northeastern and west-central Brazil. Typical habitats include tropical lowland rain forest and riverine forest.^[1]

Cymbosema belongs to subfamily Faboideae and tribe Diocleae.^[2] It may be synonymous with Dioclea.

Notes and References

1. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:22175-1 Cymbosema Benth.
2. de Queiroz LP, Pastore JF, Cardoso D, Snak C, ((de C Lima AL)), Gagnon E, Vatanparast M, Holland AE, Egan AN . 2015 . A multilocus phylogenetic analysis reveals the monophyly of a recircumscribed papilionoid legume tribe Diocleae with well-supported generic relationships . Mol Phylogenet Evol . 90 . 1–19 . 10.1016/j.ympev.2015.04.016 . 25934529 . 2015MolPE..90....1D .