Cyamopsis

Cyamopsis
	Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (L.) Taub.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Tribe:	Indigofereae
Genus:	Cyamopsis; DC. (1825)
Type species
	Cyamopsis tetragonoloba; (L.) Taub.
Species
	4; see text
Synonyms
	Cordaea Spreng. (1831)

Cyamopsis is a genus of the family Fabaceae. Its species are distributed across sub-Saharan Africa (southwestern Africa and the Sudanian and Somali-Masai regions), Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and India. Typical habitats include tropical seasonally-dry thorn scrub and grassland, often in floodplains, stream beds, and pans, and in open sandy or rocky areas.^[1]

Species[edit]

Cyamopsis comprises the following species:^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Cyamopsis dentata (N.E.Br.) Torre – southwestern Angola, Namibia, and Botswana
Cyamopsis senegalensis Guill. & Perr. – dry tropical Africa (Senegal to Eritrea, Tanzania, and southwest Africa) and Saudi Arabia
Cyamopsis serrata Schinz – Namibia and Botswana to Northern and Cape Provinces of South Africa
Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (L.) Taub. — guar – Pakistan and western India

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Cyamopsis DC. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
^ "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Cyamopsis". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
^ USDA; ARS; National Genetic Resources Program. "GRIN species records of Cyamopsis". Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
^ "The Plant List entry for Cyamopsis". The Plant List. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Missouri Botanical Garden. 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2017.

External links[edit]

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[powo-1] Cyamopsis DC. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 August 2023.

[2] "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Cyamopsis". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 12 February 2017.

[3] USDA; ARS; National Genetic Resources Program. "GRIN species records of Cyamopsis". Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved 12 February 2017.

[PlantList-4] "The Plant List entry for Cyamopsis". The Plant List. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Missouri Botanical Garden. 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2017.

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