Leptospron
Leptospron adenanthum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Subtribe: Phaseolinae
Genus: Leptospron
(Benth.) A. Delgado
Type species
Leptospron adenanthum
(G. Mey.) A. Delgado
Species
  • Leptospron adenanthum (G.Mey.) A.Delgado
  • Leptospron gentryi (Standl.) A.Delgado
Synonyms
  • Phaseolus sect. Leptospron Benth., 1865
  • Vigna sect. Leptospron (Benth.) Maréchal et al., 1978

Leptospron is a small genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It contains two species with a pantropical distribution.[1] It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. Species in this genus were formerly considered to belong to the genus Vigna.[2]

References

  1. Leptospron (Benth. & Hook.f.) A.Delgado. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  2. 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.


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