Clitoriopsis is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae.[1] It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. The genus contains a single species, Clitoriopsis mollis, a subshrub native to South Sudan and Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2][3] It grows in seasonally-dry tropical forest margins, woodland, and wooded grassland.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Tribe: | Phaseoleae |
| Subtribe: | Clitoriinae |
| Genus: | Clitoriopsis R.Wilczek (1954) |
| Species: | C. mollis
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| Binomial name | |
| Clitoriopsis mollis R.Wilczek (1954)
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References
edit- ^ FANTZ, PAUL R. (1996). "Resegregation of "Barbieria" from "Clitoria" (Leguminosae: Phaseoleae: Clitoriinae)". SIDA, Contributions to Botany. 17 (1): 55–68. ISSN 0036-1488. JSTOR 41960950.
- ^ a b Clitoriopsis R.Wilczek. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
- ^ de Queiroz, Luciano Paganucci; Pastore, José Floriano B.; Cardoso, Domingos; Snak, Cristiane; de C. Lima, Ana Luísa; Gagnon, Edeline; Vatanparast, Mohammad; Holland, Ailsa E.; Egan, Ashley N. (2015-09-01). "A multilocus phylogenetic analysis reveals the monophyly of a recircumscribed papilionoid legume tribe Diocleae with well-supported generic relationships". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 90: 1–19. Bibcode:2015MolPE..90....1D. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.04.016. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 25934529.
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