Spongiocarpella

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: Galegeae
Genus: Spongiocarpella
Species: S. grubovii – S. nubigena – S. purpurea – S. spinosa
Name

Spongiocarpella Yakovlev & Ulziikhumag Bot. Žhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 72(2): 250. (1987)

Type species: Spongiocarpella nubigena (D. Don) Yakovlev Bot. Žhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 72(2): 252. (1987)

Note: Often considered a synonym of Chesneya Lindl. ex Endl. Gn. Pl. 1275. (1840), but there are morphological differences and no molecular data to confirm that they are sister taxa (LOWO, 2016) - see Govaerts (2020) cf. Hassler {2020)
References

Yakovlev, G. P. & Ulziikhumag, N. 1987. Botaničeskii Žhurnal (Moscow & Leningrad) 72(2): 250.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Spongiocarpella in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Jan. 4. Reference page.
Hassler, M. Jan.. Spongiocarpella. 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. Jan.. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: Jan. 4 {{{3}}}. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2016. Spongiocarpella. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 18 2016.
Genus Spongiocarpella in Kew Scientific Database - Legumes of the World Online (LOWO), archieved entry in Wayback Machine
Tropicos.org 2016. Spongiocarpella. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2016 Mar. 18.

Spongiocarpella is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae.