Grona (plant)

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Grona
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Grona heterocarpos
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Desmodieae
Genus: Grona
Lour., 1790
Type species
Grona repens
Diversity[1]
About 44 species
Synonyms[1]
  • Perrottetia DC., 1825

Grona is a genus in the flowering plant family Fabaceae. Its native range is worldwide tropics and subtropics.[1][2]

Taxonomy

The genus is placed in subfamily Faboideae and tribe Desmodieae. It was previously included in its relative Desmodium.[2] There are about 44 species in the genus[1][3]:

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Grona Lour". Plants of the World Online. Kew Science. Retrieved 2021-01-09.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Grona Lour". Tropicos. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  3. Ohashi, Hiroyoshi; Ohashi, Kazuaki (April 2018). "Grona, a Genus Separated from Desmodium (Leguminosae Tribe Desmodieae)" (PDF). The Journal of Japanese Botany. 93 (2): 104–120.