Philenoptera
Philenoptera is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes 11 species of trees, shrubs, and more rarely lianas native to sub-Saharan Africa. Typical habitats include seasonally-dry tropical forest, woodland, wooded grassland, and bushland. Four species are native to the Zambezian region, 3 species to the Sudanian region, 2 species to the Coastal Forests of [Eastern Africa|Zanzibar-Inhambane] and Tongaland-Pondoland regions, 1 species to the Somali-Masai region, 1 species to the Guineo-Congolian region, and 1 to Madagascar.
Species
, Plants of [the World Online] accepted the following species:- Philenoptera bussei Schrire
- Philenoptera cyanescens Roberty
- Philenoptera eriocalyx Schrire
- Philenoptera kanurii Schrire
- Philenoptera katangensis Schrire
- Philenoptera laxiflora Roberty
- Philenoptera nelsii Schrire
- Philenoptera pallescens Schrire
- Philenoptera sutherlandii Schrire
- Philenoptera violacea Schrire
- Philenoptera wankieensis Lock