Tylosema

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Cercidoideae
Genus: Tylosema
Species: T. angolense – T. argenteum – T. esculentum – T. fassoglense – T. humifusum

• Tylosema (Schweinf.) Torre & Hillc., Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2, 29: 38. 1955.
  • Type species: Tylosema fassoglense (Kotschy ex Schweinf.) Torre & Hillc.

• Basionym
  • Bauhinia sect. Tylosema Schweinf., Reliq. Kotschy. 17. 1868.

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cape Provinces, Ethiopia, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

• Torre, A.R. da & Hillcoat, J.O.D. 1955. Boletim da Sociedade Broteriana, sér. 2, 29: 38.

• Wunderlin, R.P. 2010. Reorganization of the Cercideae (Fabaceae: Caesalpinioideae). Phytoneuron 2010-48: 1–5. Full text PDF Reference page. 

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Tylosema in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Sep 08. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Tylosema. Published online. Accessed: Sep 08 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Tylosema. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 08 Sep 2020.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Tylosema in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

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