Helicotropis

Helicotropis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subtribe:	Phaseolinae
Genus:	Helicotropis; A. Delgado, 2011
Type species
	Helicotropis linearis; (Kunth) A. Delgado
Species
	Helicotropis linearis (Kunth) A. Delgado; Helicotropis spectabilis (Standl.) A. Delgado; Helicotropis stenoloba (Standley) A. Delgado; Helicotropis hookeri (Verdc.) A. Delgado;

Helicotropis is a small genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. Species in this genus were formerly considered to belong to the genus Vigna.[1]

References

Delgado-Salinas A, Thulin M, Pasquet R, Weeden N, Lavin M (2011). "Vigna (Leguminosae) sensu lato: the names and identities of the American segregate genera". Am J Bot. 98 (10): 1694–715. doi:10.3732/ajb.1100069. PMID 21980163.

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[1] Delgado-Salinas A, Thulin M, Pasquet R, Weeden N, Lavin M (2011). "Vigna (Leguminosae) sensu lato: the names and identities of the American segregate genera". Am J Bot. 98 (10): 1694–715. doi:10.3732/ajb.1100069. PMID 21980163.