Shuteria

Shuteria
Shuteria vestita
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Phaseoleae
Genus: Shuteria
Wight & Arn. (1834)
Species[1]
Synonyms

Shutereia Choisy

Shuteria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes four species of climbing herbs or lianas which range from the Indian subcontinent through Indochina, southern China, and Malesia to Papuasia. They grow in seasonally-dry tropical and subtropical forest margins, secondary forest, woodland, or scrub, often in open areas and on limestone.[1] It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae.[2] Some species of Shuteria are used in traditional medicines.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Shuteria Wight & Arn. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  2. ^ Wiersema, John Henry; Kirkbride, Joseph H.; Gunn, Charles R. (1990). Legume (Fabaceae) Nomenclature in the USDA Germplasm System. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. pp. 459–460.
  3. ^ Quattrocchi, Umberto (2012-05-03). CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology (5 Volume Set). CRC Press. pp. 3436–3437. ISBN 9781420080445.


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