Baphiastrum

Baphiastrum is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family (Fabaceae). It includes a single species, Baphiastrum brachycarpum, a liana native to west-central Africa.^[2] It grows in Guineo-Congolian forest in Cameroon, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, and Democratic Republic of the Congo.^[1]

Baphiastrum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Tribe:	Baphieae
Genus:	Baphiastrum Harms (1913)
Species:	B. brachycarpum
Binomial name
Baphiastrum brachycarpum Harms (1913)
Synonyms[1]
Baphia boonei De Wild. (1915) Baphiastrum boonei (De Wild.) Vermoesen ex De Wild. (1925) Leucomphalos brachycarpus (Harms) Breteler (1994)

It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. Baphiastrum was traditionally assigned to the tribe Sophoreae;^[3] however, recent molecular phylogenetic analyses reassigned Baphiastrum to the Baphieae tribe.^[4][5]

References

1. Baphiastrum brachycarpum Harms Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
2. Baphiastrum Harms. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
3. Polhill RM (1981). "Sophoreae". In Polhill RM, Raven PH (eds.). Advances in Legume Systematics, Part 1. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. pp. 213–230. ISBN 9780855212247. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
4. Cardoso D, Pennington RT, de Queiroz LP, Boatwright JS, Van Wyk B-E, Wojciechowski MF, Lavin M (2013). "Reconstructing the deep-branching relationships of the papilionoid legumes" (PDF). S Afr J Bot. 89: 58–75. doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2013.05.001.
5. Cardoso D, de Queiroz LP, Pennington RT, de Lima HC, Fonty É, Wojciechowski MF, Lavin M (2012). "Revisiting the phylogeny of papilionoid legumes: New insights from comprehensively sampled early-branching lineages". Am J Bot. 99 (12): 1991–2013. doi:10.3732/ajb.1200380. PMID 23221500.