Geissaspis

Geissaspis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It contains one accepted species, Geissaspis cristata.^[1] It is a scrambling annual or perennial that ranges from the Indian Subcontinent through Indochina to southern China and Peninsular Malaysia. It has three varieties:^[2]

• Geissaspis cristata var. cristata
• Geissaspis cristata var. malabarica (Sivar. & A.Babu) M.R.Almeida
• Geissaspis cristata var. tenella (Benth.) M.R.Almeida

Geissaspis
Geissaspis cristata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Genus:	Geissaspis Wight & Arn. (1834)
Species:	G. cristata
Binomial name
Geissaspis cristata Wight & Arn. (1834)

Geissaspis belongs to subfamily Faboideae and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic Dalbergia clade of the Dalbergieae.^[3][4][5] Geissaspis keilii De Wild. is an unplaced name.^[6]