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Sphenostylises
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Sphenostylises

Sphenostylis

Sphenostylis is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. Sphenostylis contains several species useful as food sources including Sphenostylis stenocarpa.

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7 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Grassveld Sweetpea

speciesSphenostylis angustifolia

African Yam Bean

speciesSphenostylis erecta

African Yam Beans

speciesSphenostylis marginata

Sphenostylis stenocarpa

speciesSphenostylis stenocarpa

Sphenostylis schweinfurthii

speciesSphenostylis schweinfurthii

Sphenostylis briartii

speciesSphenostylis briartii

Sphenostylis zimbabweensis

speciesSphenostylis zimbabweensis

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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 142415.