Rhynchotropis

Life-forms

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: Indigofereae
Genus: Rhynchotropis
Species: R. marginata – R. poggei
Name

Rhynchotropis Harms Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 30: 86. (1901)

Type species: Rhynchotropis poggei (Harms) Harms Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 30: 86. (1901)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
Regional: Tropical Africa
Angola, Zambia, Zaïre

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Harms, H.A.T. 1901. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 30: 86. BHL

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Rhynchotropis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Feb 15. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Rhynchotropis. Published online. Accessed: Feb 15 2021. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2021. Rhynchotropis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 15 Feb 2021. Reference page.

Hassler, M. 2021. Rhynchotropis. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Feb 15. Reference page.

Rhynchotropis is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes two species of herbs native to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, and Zambia. Typical habitats include seasonally-dry tropical woodland and wooded grassland in the northern Zambezian region, often in seasonally-damp or open sandy and rocky areas.[1] It belongs to tribe Indigofereae of subfamily Faboideae.[2]
Species

Rhynchotropis comprises the following species:[1][3][4][5]

Rhynchotropis marginata (N.E.Br.) J.B.Gillett
Rhynchotropis poggei (Taub.) Harms

References

Rhynchotropis Harms. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
Schrire BD, Lavin M, Barker NP, Forest F (2009). "Phylogeny of the tribe Indigofereae (Leguminosae-Papilionoideae): Geographically structured more in succulent-rich and temperate settings than in grass-rich environments". Am J Bot. 96 (4): 816–52. doi:10.3732/ajb.0800185. PMID 21628237.
"ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Rhynchotropis". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
USDA; ARS; National Genetic Resources Program. "GRIN species records of Rhynchotropis". Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
"The Plant List entry for Rhynchotropis". The Plant List. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Missouri Botanical Garden. 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2017.