Xylia
Xylia is a genus of legume in the family Fabaceae. It is native to Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and Mainland Southeast Asia.[2]
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Xylia includes nine accepted species:[3]
- Xylia africana Harms
- Xylia evansii Hutch.
- Xylia fraterna (Vatke) Drake
- Xylia ghesquierei Robyns
- Xylia hoffmannii (Vatke) Drake
- Xylia mendoncae Torre (found in Mozambique)
- Xylia schliebenii Harms
- Xylia torreana Brenan (found in Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, and Zimbabwe)
- Xylia xylocarpa (Roxb.) Taub. (found in Indochina)
And one unresolved species:
- Xylia perieri Drake
References
- 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.
- "Xylia". Plants of the World Online, accessed 30 June 2018
- "Xylia". The Plant List. Accessed 30 June 2018
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