Gelrebia

Genus of legumes

Gelrebia
Gelrebia rubra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Tribe: Caesalpinieae
Genus: Gelrebia
Gagnon & G.P.Lewis (2016)
Type species
Gelrebia rubra
(Engl.) Gagnon & G.P.Lewis
Species

Eight; see text

Gelrebia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. It includes eight species native to sub-Saharan Africa, which range from Ethiopia to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Africa.[1]

Species

Gelrebia comprises the following species:[2][1]

  • Gelrebia bracteata (Germish.) Gagnon & G.P.Lewis
  • Gelrebia dauensis (Thulin) Gagnon & G.P.Lewis
  • Gelrebia glandulosopedicellata (R.Wilczek) Gagnon & G.P.Lewis
  • Gelrebia merxmuellerana (A.Schreib.) Gagnon & G.P.Lewis (Namibia)
  • Gelrebia oligophylla (Harms) Gagnon & G.P.Lewis
  • Gelrebia rostrata (N.E.Br.) Gagnon & G.P.Lewis
  • Gelrebia rubra (Engl.) Gagnon & G.P.Lewis
  • Gelrebia trothae (Harms) Gagnon & G.P.Lewis
    • subsp. erlangeri (Harms) Gagnon & G.P.Lewis
    • subsp. trothae (Harms) Gagnon & G.P.Lewis

References

Wikispecies has information related to Gelrebia.
  1. ^ a b https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60473338-2 Gelrebia Gagnon & G.P.Lewis]. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  2. ^ Gagnon E, Bruneau A, Hughes CE, de Queiroz LP, Lewis GP (2016). "A new generic system for the pantropical Caesalpinia group (Leguminosae)". PhytoKeys (71): 1–160. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.71.9203. PMC 5558824. PMID 28814915.
Taxon identifiers
Gelrebia


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