''Humularia'' 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
legume
Legumes are plants in the pea family Fabaceae (or Leguminosae), or the fruit or seeds of such plants. When used as a dry grain for human consumption, the seeds are also called pulses. Legumes are grown agriculturally, primarily for human consum ...
family,
Fabaceae
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. It includes 34 species native to sub-Saharan Africa, ranging from South Sudan to Cameroon, Angola, Malawi, and Tanzania. Species include herbs with woody bases and occasionally small shrubs. Typical habitats include seasonally-dry tropical woodland, wooded grassland, scrub, and grassland, often along stream banks, swamp margins, floodplains, and sandy areas, and sometimes in montane areas.
[ The genus 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 ...
, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic
In biological cladistics for the classification of organisms, monophyly is the condition of a taxonomic grouping being a clade – that is, a grouping of organisms which meets these criteria:
# the grouping contains its own most recent co ...
''Dalbergia'' clade of the Dalbergieae
The tribe Dalbergieae is an early-branching clade within the flowering plant subfamily Faboideae (or Papilionaceae). Within that subfamily, it belongs to an unranked clade called the dalbergioids. It was recently revised to include many genera ...
.
Species
''Humularia'' comprises the following species:Humularia ciliato-denticulata
''Humularia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes 34 species native to sub-Saharan Africa, ranging from South Sudan to Cameroon, Angola, Malawi, and Tanzania. Species include herbs with woody bases and occas ...
'' (De Wild.) P.A.Duvign.
* ''Humularia corbisieri
''Humularia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes 34 species native to sub-Saharan Africa, ranging from South Sudan to Cameroon, Angola, Malawi, and Tanzania. Species include herbs with woody bases and occas ...
'' (De Wild.) P.A.Duvign.
* '' Humularia descampsii'' (De Wild. & T.Durand) P.A.Duvign.
* ''Humularia drepanocephala
''Humularia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes 34 species native to sub-Saharan Africa, ranging from South Sudan to Cameroon, Angola, Malawi, and Tanzania. Species include herbs with woody bases and occas ...
'' (Baker) P.A.Duvign.
* ''Humularia duvigneaudii
''Humularia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes 34 species native to sub-Saharan Africa, ranging from South Sudan to Cameroon, Angola, Malawi, and Tanzania. Species include herbs with woody bases and occas ...
'' Symoens
* ''Humularia elegantula
''Humularia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes 34 species native to sub-Saharan Africa, ranging from South Sudan to Cameroon, Angola, Malawi, and Tanzania. Species include herbs with woody bases and occas ...
'' P.A.Duvign.
* ''Humularia elisabethvilleana
''Humularia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes 34 species native to sub-Saharan Africa, ranging from South Sudan to Cameroon, Angola, Malawi, and Tanzania. Species include herbs with woody bases and occas ...
'' (De Wild.) P.A.Duvign.
* ''Humularia kapiriensis
''Humularia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes 34 species native to sub-Saharan Africa, ranging from South Sudan to Cameroon, Angola, Malawi, and Tanzania. Species include herbs with woody bases and occas ...
'' (De Wild.) P.A.Duvign.
* ''Humularia kassneri
''Humularia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes 34 species native to sub-Saharan Africa, ranging from South Sudan to Cameroon, Angola, Malawi, and Tanzania. Species include herbs with woody bases and occas ...
'' (De Wild.) P.A.Duvign.
* ''Humularia katangensis
''Humularia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes 34 species native to sub-Saharan Africa, ranging from South Sudan to Cameroon, Angola, Malawi, and Tanzania. Species include herbs with woody bases and occas ...
'' (De Wild.) P.A.Duvign.
* ''Humularia ledermannii
''Humularia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes 34 species native to sub-Saharan Africa, ranging from South Sudan to Cameroon, Angola, Malawi, and Tanzania. Species include herbs with woody bases and occas ...
'' (De Wild.) P.A.Duvign.
* ''Humularia magnistipulata
''Humularia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes 34 species native to sub-Saharan Africa, ranging from South Sudan to Cameroon, Angola, Malawi, and Tanzania. Species include herbs with woody bases and occas ...
'' Torre
* ''Humularia mendoncae
''Humularia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes 34 species native to sub-Saharan Africa, ranging from South Sudan to Cameroon, Angola, Malawi, and Tanzania. Species include herbs with woody bases and occas ...
'' (Baker) P.A.Duvign.
* ''Humularia meyeri-johannis
''Humularia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes 34 species native to sub-Saharan Africa, ranging from South Sudan to Cameroon, Angola, Malawi, and Tanzania. Species include herbs with woody bases and occas ...
'' (Harms & De Wild.) P.A.Duvign.
* '' Humularia minima'' (Hutch.) P.A.Duvign.
* '' Humularia multifoliolata'' Verdc.
* '' Humularia pseudaeschynomene'' Verdc.
* '' Humularia reekmansii'' Bamps
* '' Humularia renieri'' (De Wild.) P.A.Duvign.
* '' Humularia rosea'' (De Wild.) P.A.Duvign.
* '' Humularia submarginalis'' Verdc.
* '' Humularia sudanica'' P.A.Duvign.
* '' Humularia tenuis'' P.A.Duvign.
* ''Humularia upembae
''Humularia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes 34 species native to sub-Saharan Africa, ranging from South Sudan to Cameroon, Angola, Malawi, and Tanzania. Species include herbs with woody bases and occas ...
'' P.A.Duvign.
* '' Humularia welwitschii'' (Taub.) P.A.Duvign.
* '' Humularia wittei'' P.A.Duvign.
References
Dalbergieae
Fabaceae genera
Flora of the Afrotropical realm
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