Hymenostegia

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: Detarioideae
Tribus: Amherstieae
Genus: Hymenostegia
Species: H. aubrevillei – H. bakeriana – H. brachyura – H. breteleri – H. felicis – H. floribunda – H. gracilipes – H. klainei – H. mundungu – H. neoaubrevillei – H. normandii – H. pellegrinii – H. robusta – H. talbotii – H. viridiflora
Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Hymenostegia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Sep 11. Reference page.

Name

Hymenostegia (Benth.) Harms Nat. Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. 193. (1897)

Type species: Hymenostegia floribunda (Benth.) Harms Nat. Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. 193. (1897)

References
Primary references

Harms, H. (1897) Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien 1: 193.

Additional references

Mackinder, B.A., Saslis-Lagoudakis, H., Wieringa, J.J., Devey, D., Forest, F. & Bruneau, A. 2013. The tropical African legume Scorodophloeus clade includes two undescribed Hymenostegia segregate genera and Micklethwaitia, a rare, monospecific genus from Mozambique. South African Journal of Botany, 89: 156–163. Full text PDF from ResearchGate Open access DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2013.07.002 Open access Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Hymenostegia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Sep 11. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Hymenostegia. Published online. Accessed: Sep 11 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Hymenostegia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Sep 11.
Catalogue of Life: 2020 Annual Checklist

Vernacular names

Hymenostegia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. They are native to Africa.[1]

The genus is not well defined. Several species probably do not belong, and some have been moved to other genera.[1]
Species

Species include:

Hymenostegia aubrevillei
Hymenostegia bakeriana
Hymenostegia felicis
Hymenostegia gracilipes
Hymenostegia pellegrinii
Hymenostegia talbotii
Hymenostegia viridiflora[2]

References

Mackinder, B. A., & Wieringa, J. (2013). Annea gen. nov.(Detarieae, Caesalpinioideae, Leguminosae): a home for two species long misplaced in Hymenostegia sensu lato. Phytotaxa, 142(1), 1-14.
Mackinder, B. A., & Wieringa, J. J. (2013). Hymenostegia viridiflora (Detarieae, Caesalpinioideae, Leguminosae), a new tree species from Cameroon. Blumea - Biodiversity, Evolution and Biogeography of Plants, 58(1), 13-17.