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Carrissoa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Phaseoleae
Subtribe: Cajaninae
Genus: Carrissoa
Baker f. (1933)
Species: C. angolensis
Binomial name
Carrissoa angolensis
Baker f. (1933)

Carrissoa is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. The genus has a single species, Carrissoa angolensis, a subshrub endemic to Angola. It grows in seasonally-dry tropical open bushland and scrub and along watercourses, and forms woody rootstocks in fire-prone environments.

The genus takes its name from Portuguese botanist Luís Wittnich Carrisso.

References

  1. Manyelo, Tlou Sinah (2015). "A phylogenetic study of South African species of Rhynchosia (Phaseoleae, Fabaceae)". ujcontent.uj.ac.za. Retrieved 2022-10-05.
  2. Carrissoa Baker f. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
Taxon identifiers
Carrissoa
Carrissoa angolensis


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