Hymenostegia

Hymenostegia
Hymenostegia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Detarioideae
Tribe:	Amherstieae
Genus:	Hymenostegia Harms (1897)
Synonyms[1]
Dipetalanthus A. Chev. (1946)

Hymenostegia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes 14 species native to west and west-central tropical Africa.[1]

The genus is not well defined. Several species probably do not belong, and some have been moved to other genera.[2]

Species

14 species are accepted:

• Hymenostegia aubrevillei Pellegr.
• Hymenostegia bakeriana Hutch. & Dalziel
• Hymenostegia brachyura (Harms) J.Léonard
• Hymenostegia elegans Wieringa & Mackinder
• Hymenostegia felicis (A.Chev.) J.Léonard
• Hymenostegia floribunda (Benth.) Harms
• Hymenostegia gracilipes Hutch. & Dalziel
• Hymenostegia klainei Pierre ex Pellegr.
• Hymenostegia mundungu (Pellegr.) J.Léonard
• Hymenostegia neoaubrevillei J.Léonard
• Hymenostegia normandii Pellegr.
• Hymenostegia pellegrinii (A.Chev.) J.Léonard
• Hymenostegia robusta Wieringa & Mackinder
• Hymenostegia talbotii Baker f.
• Hymenostegia viridiflora Mackinder & Wieringa[3]

References

1. Hymenostegia Harms. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
2. Mackinder, B. A., & Wieringa, J. (2013). Annea gen. nov.(Detarieae, Caesalpinioideae, Leguminosae): a home for two species long misplaced in Hymenostegia sensu lato. Phytotaxa, 142(1), 1-14.
3. Mackinder, B. A., & Wieringa, J. J. (2013). Hymenostegia viridiflora (Detarieae, Caesalpinioideae, Leguminosae), a new tree species from Cameroon. Blumea - Biodiversity, Evolution and Biogeography of Plants, 58(1), 13-17.