''Pyranthus'' 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 ...

. It belongs to 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 six species of shrubs and small trees

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...

Madagascar Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Lying off the southeastern coast of Africa, it is the world's List of islands by area, f ...

. Typical habitat is seasonally-dry tropical woodland and grassland, often on dunes or rocky outcrops, in western, southern, and central Madagascar. *'' Pyranthus alasoa'' *'' Pyranthus ambatoanus'' *'' Pyranthus lucens'' *'' Pyranthus monanthus'' *'' Pyranthus pauciflorus'' *'' Pyranthus tullearensis''

References

Millettieae Fabaceae genera Endemic flora of Madagascar {{Millettieae-stub