Neptunia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae.[1][2]
| Neptunia | |
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| Neptunia lutea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
| Clade: | Mimosoid clade |
| Genus: | Neptunia Lour. |
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Accepted species edit
- Neptunia amplexicaulis Domin – Native to Queensland, Australia
- Neptunia dimorphantha Domin – Native from the Lesser Sunda Islands to Australia
- Neptunia gracilis Benth. – Native from Taiwan to Australia
- Neptunia javanica Miq. – Native to Indo-China and from Java to the Lesser Sunda Islands
- Neptunia lutea (Leavenw.) Benth. – Native to the US states of Texas, Alabama, and Oklahoma
- Neptunia major (Benth.) Windler – Native to northern Australia
- Neptunia monosperma F.Muell. ex Benth. – Native to northern Australia
- Neptunia oleracea Lour. – Native to the tropics and subtropics worldwide
- Neptunia plena (L.) Benth. – Native from the state of Texas and through to South America
- Neptunia pubescens Benth. – Native to North and South America
- Neptunia windleriana Santos-Silva & Mansano – Native to northeastern Brazil
References edit
- ^ The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG). (2017). "A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny". Taxon. 66 (1): 44–77. doi:10.12705/661.3. hdl:10568/90658.
- ^ "Neptunia Lour. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2023-05-21.