Fillaeopsis Explained

Fillaeopsis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae.[1] It contains a single species, Fillaeopsis discophora. It is a tree native to Nigeria and west-central Africa (Cameroon, Central African Republic, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, and DR Congo). It is a tree of the Guineo-Congolian forest, where it grows up to 130feet tall.[2]

Notes and References

  1. The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG). . 2017 . A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny . . 66 . 1 . 44–77 . 10.12705/661.3. free . 10568/90658 . free .
  2. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:495233-1 Fillaeopsis discophora Harms