Geissaspis


Geissaspis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It contains one accepted species, Geissaspis cristata. It is a scrambling annual or perennial that ranges from the Indian Subcontinent through Indochina to southern China and Peninsular Malaysia. It has three varieties:
  • Geissaspis cristata var. cristata
  • Geissaspis cristata var. malabarica
  • Geissaspis cristata var. tenella
Geissaspis belongs to subfamily Faboideae and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic Dalbergia clade of the Dalbergieae. Geissaspis keilii is an unplaced name.