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Yellowhoods
Nissolia
Nissolia, the yellowhoods, is a genus of lianas in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes 32 species native to the tropical and subtropical Americas, ranging from Arizona and Texas through Mexico, Central America, and South America to northern Argentina. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic Adesmia clade of the Dalbergieae.
32 species are accepted:
22 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Schott's Yellowhood
speciesNissolia schottii
Nissolia fruticosa
speciesNissolia fruticosa
Nissolia microptera
speciesNissolia microptera
Nissolia vincentina
speciesNissolia vincentina
Arizona Yellowhood
speciesNissolia wislizeni
Nissolia pringlei
speciesNissolia pringlei
Nissolia setosa
speciesNissolia setosa
Nissolia brasiliensis
speciesNissolia brasiliensis
Broadsepal nissolia
speciesNissolia platycalyx
Nissolia platycarpa
speciesNissolia platycarpa
Nissolia nigricans
speciesNissolia nigricans
Nissolia longiflora
speciesNissolia longiflora
Nissolia latisiliqua
speciesNissolia latisiliqua
Nissolia chiapensis
speciesNissolia chiapensis
Nissolia blanchetiana
speciesNissolia blanchetiana
Nissolia leiogyne
speciesNissolia leiogyne
Nissolia gentryi
speciesNissolia gentryi
Nissolia montana
speciesNissolia montana
Nissolia laxior
speciesNissolia laxior
Nissolia ruddiae
speciesNissolia ruddiae
Nissolia hintonii
speciesNissolia hintonii
Nissolia chacoensis
speciesNissolia chacoensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 138853.