Rhodopis
Rhodopis volubilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Diocleae
Genus: Rhodopis
Urb. (1900)
Synonyms[1]
  • Neorudolphia Britton (1924)
  • Rudolphia Willd. (1801), nom. illeg.

Rhodopis is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes three species native to the Caribbean islands.[1]

The genus belongs to the tribe Diocleae in subfamily Faboideae.[2]

Species

Three species are accepted:[1]

  • Rhodopis planisiliqua (L.) Urb. – Bahamas, Hispaniola, and eastern Cuba
  • Rhodopis rudolphioides (Griseb.) L.P.Queiroz – Hispaniola
  • Rhodopis volubilis (Willd.) L.P.Queiroz – Puerto Rico

References

  1. 1 2 3 Rhodopis Urb. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  2. de Queiroz LP, Pastore JF, Cardoso D, Snak C, de C Lima AL, Gagnon E, Vatanparast M, Holland AE, Egan AN (2015). "A multilocus phylogenetic analysis reveals the monophyly of a recircumscribed papilionoid legume tribe Diocleae with well-supported generic relationships". Mol Phylogenet Evol. 90: 1–19. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.04.016. PMID 25934529.
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