Nephrodesmus

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Desmodieae
Subtribus: Desmodiinae
Genus: Nephrodesmus
Species: N. albus – N. ferrugineus – N. francii – N. hochreutineri – N. macrobotryosus – N. parvifolius – . sericeus
Name

Nephrodesmus Schindl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 54: 66. (1916)

Type species: Nephrodesmus albus Schindl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 54: 67. (1916)

References

Schindler, A.K. 1916. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 54: 66. BHL
International Plant Names Index. 2916. Nephrodesmus. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 14 2916.
Tropicos.org 2016. Nephrodesmus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2016 Mar. 14.

Nephrodesmus is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It contains c. 5 species, all endemic to New Caledonia.[1] Its closest relatives is Arthroclianthus, also endemic to New Caledonia[2] and their distinction has been challenged.[3]
References

Morat, P., T. Jaffré, F. Tronchet, J. Munzinger, Y. Pillon, J. M. Veillon, and M. Chalopin (2012). The taxonomic reference base Florical and characteristics of the native vascular flora of New Caledonia. Adansonia 34 (2): 179–221. https://dx.doi.org/10.5252/a2012n2a1
Egan, Ashley N., Mohammad Vatanparast, and William Cagle. (2016) Parsing Polyphyletic Pueraria: Delimiting Distinct Evolutionary Lineages through Phylogeny.” Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 104: 44–59. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2016.08.001.
Jabbour, F., Gaudeul, M., Lambourdière, J., Ramstein, G., Hassanin, A., Labat, J. N., & Sarthou, C. (2018). Phylogeny, biogeography and character evolution in the tribe Desmodieae (Fabaceae: Papilionoideae), with special emphasis on the New Caledonian endemic genera. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 118:108-121 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2017.09.017