Tetrapleura (plant)
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| Tetrapleura | |
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| Tetrapleura tetraptera | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
| Clade: | Mimosoid clade |
| Genus: | Tetrapleura Benth. (1841) |
Tetrapleura is a genus of flowering plants in the mimosoid clade of the family Fabaceae.[1] It includes two species of trees native to sub-Saharan Africa, ranging from Senegal to Kenya and Tanzania, and south to Angola. They grow in tropical lowland rain forest, secondary thicket, and fringing forest in the Guineo-Congolian forest and Lake Victoria basin.[2]
Species in this genus include:[2]
- Tetrapleura chevalieri (Harms) Baker f.
- Tetrapleura tetraptera (Schumach. & Thonn.) Taub. – Prekese tree
References[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Tetrapleura Benth". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanical Gardens Kew. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
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