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Yellowhood

Nissolia

Yellowhood
Photo: (c) Alexis López Hernández, some rights reserved (CC BY), CC BY 4.0
Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)

About

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.

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Other Nissolia plants

Nissolia pringlei · Nissolia vincentina

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Nissolia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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