''Ebenus'' is a genus of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...
s in the family
Fabaceae
Fabaceae () or Leguminosae,[International Code of Nomen ...](_blank)
. It belongs to the subfamily
Faboideae
The Faboideae are a subfamily of the flowering plant family Fabaceae or Leguminosae. An acceptable alternative name for the subfamily is Papilionoideae, or Papilionaceae when this group of plants is treated as a family.
This subfamily is widely ...
. It includes 21 species native to northern Africa (Morocco to Egypt), Greece and Turkey, and Iran to the western Himalayas.
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Species
*'' Ebenus argentea''
*'' Ebenus armitagei''
*'' Ebenus barbigera''
*'' Ebenus boissieri''
*'' Ebenus bourgaei''
*'' Ebenus cappadocica''
*'' Ebenus cretica''
*'' Ebenus depressa''
*'' Ebenus haussknechtii''
*'' Ebenus hirsuta''
*'' Ebenus lagopus''
*'' Ebenus laguroides''
*'' Ebenus longipes''
*'' Ebenus macrophylla''
*'' Ebenus pinnata''
*'' Ebenus pisidica''
*'' Ebenus plumosa''
*'' Ebenus reesei''
*'' Ebenus sibthorpii''
*'' Ebenus stellata''
*'' Ebenus zekiyeae''
References
Encyclopedia of Life entry
GBIF entry
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Hedysareae
Fabaceae genera
Flora of the Palearctic realm
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