Psophocarpus

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

"Diesingia" redirects here. For the animal, see Pentastomida.

Psophocarpus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Rosids
Order:
Fabales
Family:
Fabaceae
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Phaseoleae
Genus:
Psophocarpus

Neck. ex DC.
Species
Synonyms
  • Botor Adans.
  • Diesingia Endl.
  • Vignopsis De Wild.

Species

There are currently 10 living species of Psophocarpus:[1][2]

Subgenus Psophocarpus

Sect. Psocarpus

  • P. grandiflorus R.Wilczek – umuharakuku
  • P. obovalis Tisser.
  • P. palustris Desv.
  • P. scandens (Endl.)Verdc. – anonantaka
  • P. tetragonolobus (L.) DC. – asparagus bean, princess bean, four-angled bean, winged bean

Sect. Unifoliate

  • P. lecomtei Tisser.
  • P. monophyllus Harms
Subgenus Vignopsis
  • P. indicus Wild. – goa bean, winged bean [Note 1]
  • P. lancifolius Harms
  • P. lukafuensis (De Wild.)R.Wilczek

Notes
  1. Not included in Fatihah et al.


  1. "CoL 2019 Checklist: Taxonomic Tree #Psophocarpus". 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  2. "Cladistic analysis of Psophocarpus Neck. ex DC. (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae) based on morphological characters". 2011. Retrieved 20 January 2020. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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