Clitoriopsis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
Tribe: | Phaseoleae |
Subtribe: | Clitoriinae |
Genus: |
Clitoriopsis R.Wilczek (1954) |
Species: | C. mollis
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Binomial name | |
Clitoriopsis mollis R.Wilczek (1954)
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Clitoriopsis is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. [1] It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. The genus contains a single species, Clitoriopsis mollis, a subshrub native to South Sudan and Democratic Republic of the Congo. [2] [3] It grows in seasonally-dry tropical forest margins, woodland, and wooded grassland. [2]