''Mezoneuron pubescens'' is a species of 'cat's claw'

lianas A liana is a long-Plant stem, stemmed Woody plant, woody vine that is rooted in the soil at ground level and uses trees, as well as other means of vertical support, to climb up to the Canopy (biology), canopy in search of direct sunlight. T ...

, previously placed in the genus ''Caesalpinia'', in the tribe

Caesalpinieae The tribe Caesalpinieae is one of the subdivisions of the plant family Fabaceae: subfamily Caesalpinioideae. Genera Caesalpinieae once included many more genera, but modern molecular phylogenetics Molecular phylogenetics () is the branch of p ...

. This species is recorded from

Malesia Malesia is a biogeographical region straddling the Equator and the boundaries of the Indomalayan and Australasian realms. It is a phytogeographical floristic region in the Paleotropical kingdom. It was first recognized as a distinct region ...

and

Indo-China Mainland Southeast Asia (historically known as Indochina and the Indochinese Peninsula) is the continental portion of Southeast Asia. It lies east of the Indian subcontinent and south of Mainland China and is bordered by the Indian Ocean to th ...

. with no subspecies.

References

Hattink,T.A, 1974 ''Reinwardtia 9:1-69. A rev.of Malesian Caesalpinia...'' Larsen,K. et al, 1980 ''In: Flore du Cambodge, du Laos et du Vietnam, Vol 18.A.''

External links

* {{Taxonbar, from=Q15490190 Caesalpinieae Flora of Indo-China Flora of Malesia