Mysanthus uleanus is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is a climbing herb endemic to eastern Brazil. It grows in seasonally-dry tropical wooded grassland, thorn scrub, rocky shrubland, and in degraded areas.[1] It is the only described member of the genus Mysanthus, though there is a report of an undescribed species.[2] The genus belongs to subfamily Faboideae.

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Mysanthus
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Subtribe: Phaseolinae
Genus: Mysanthus
G.P.Lewis & A.Delgado (1994)
Species:
M. uleanus
Binomial name
Mysanthus uleanus
(Harms) G.P.Lewis & A.Delgado (1994)
Varieties[1]
  • Mysanthus uleanus var. dolichopsoides (Hoehne) G.P.Lewis & A.Delgado
  • Mysanthus uleanus var. uleanus
Synonyms[1]

Phaseolus uleanus Harms (1908)

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