Oxyrhynchus (plant)

This article is about the genus of legumes. For the Egyptian city, see Oxyrhynchus.

Oxyrhynchus is a small genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes four species, three native to the tropical Americas from northern Mexico to Colombia, and one native to New Guinea, Maluku, and the Bismarck Archipelago.^[3] It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. A key for the species in this genus has been published.^[2]

Oxyrhynchus
Oxyrhynchus populneus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Tribe:	Phaseoleae
Subtribe:	Phaseolinae
Genus:	Oxyrhynchus Brandegee (1912)
Species[1][2]
Oxyrhynchus papuanus (Pulle) Verdc. Oxyrhynchus populneus (Piper) Norvell ex A.Delgado & E.Estrada Oxyrhynchus trinervius (Donn. Sm.) Rudd Oxyrhynchus volubilis Brandegee
Synonyms[3]
Monoplegma Piper (1920) Peekelia Harms (1920)