Baphia
Genus of legumes / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Baphia is a small genus of legumes that bear simple leaves.[3] Baphia is from the Greek word βάπτω (báptō-, "to dip" or "to dye"), referring to a red dye that is extracted from the heartwood of tropical species.[3][4] The genus is restricted to the African tropics. Baphia was traditionally assigned to the tribe Sophoreae;[5] however, recent molecular phylogenetic analyses reassigned Baphia to the tribe Baphieae.[6][7][8][9]
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Baphia | |
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Baphia nitida | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
Clade: | Meso-Papilionoideae |
Tribe: | Baphieae |
Genus: | Baphia Afzel. ex G.Lodd. (1820) |
Species | |
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Range of the genus Baphia.[1] | |
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