Oxyrhynchus (plant)

Oxyrhynchus is a small genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. A key for the species in this genus has been published.[2]

This article is about the genus of legumes. For the Egyptian city, see Oxyrhynchus.

Oxyrhynchus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subtribe: Phaseolinae
Genus: Oxyrhynchus
Brandegee
Species[1][2]
  • Oxyrhynchus papuanus (Pulle) Verdc.
  • Oxyrhynchus populneus (Piper) Norvell ex A. Delgado & E. Estrada
  • Oxyrhynchus trinervius (Donn. Sm.) Rudd
  • Oxyrhynchus volubilis Brandegee
Synonyms
  • Monoplegma Piper 1920
  • Peekelia Harms 1920

References
  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.
  2. Delgado-Salinas A, Estrada AE (2010). "A new combination in the genus Oxyrhynchus (Leguminosae: Phaseolinae)". Brittonia. 62 (3): 239–242. doi:10.1007/s12228-009-9114-8.


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