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Genus of legumes

Fillaeopsis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Clade: Mimosoid clade
Genus: Fillaeopsis
Harms (1899)
Species: F. discophora
Binomial name
Fillaeopsis discophora
Harms (1899)
Fillaeopsis discophora - MHNT

Fillaeopsis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. It contains a single species, Fillaeopsis discophora. It is a tree native to Nigeria and west-central Africa (Cameroon, Central African Republic, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, and DR Congo). It is a tree of the Guineo-Congolian forest, where it grows up to 130 feet (40 m) tall.

References

  1. The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG). (2017). "A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny". Taxon. 66 (1): 44–77. doi:10.12705/661.3. hdl:10568/90658.
  2. Fillaeopsis discophora Harms. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
Taxon identifiers
Fillaeopsis discophora
Fillaeopsis
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