Helicotropis

Helicotropis is a small genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It includes three species of perennial climbing vines native to the tropical Americas, ranging from southern Mexico to northeastern Argentina.^[1] Species in this genus were formerly considered to belong to the genus Vigna.^[2]

• Helicotropis hookeri (Verdc.) A.Delgado – southern Brazil, northeastern Argentina, and Uruguay
• Helicotropis linearis (Kunth) A.Delgado – central Mexico to Paraguay and southern Brazil
• Helicotropis spectabilis (Standl.) A. Delgado – southern Mexico to Costa Rica

Helicotropis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Subtribe:	Phaseolinae
Genus:	Helicotropis A.Delgado (2011)
Type species
Helicotropis linearis (Kunth) A. Delgado
Species[1]
Helicotropis hookeri (Verdc.) A.Delgado Helicotropis linearis (Kunth) A.Delgado Helicotropis spectabilis (Standl.) A. Delgado