Stylosanthes

Stylosanthes
Stylosanthes hamata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Dalbergieae
Genus: Stylosanthes
Sw.
Species

See text

Stylosanthes is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family Fabaceae and contains numerous highly important pasture and forage species. It was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic Pterocarpus clade of the Dalbergieae.[1][2] The common name pencilflower is sometimes used for plants in this genus.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Lavin was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Cardoso was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "​Stylosanthes​". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 4 December 2015.