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December 2023

latest classification for this taxon

genus

Rhynchosia Lour.

This genus name was first published in Fl. Cochinch.: 460 (1790)

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000033144.

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Synonyms of Rhynchosia

Name	Author	Protologue	WFO link
Arcyphyllum	Elliott	J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1: 371 (1818)	wfo-4000002942
Baukea	Vatke	Linnaea 43: 104 (1881)	wfo-4000004243
Chrysoscias	E.Mey.	Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr.: 139 (1836)	wfo-4000008240
Copisma	E.Mey.	Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr.: 132 (1836)	wfo-4000009226
Cyanospermum	Wight & Arn.	Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 259 (1834)	wfo-4000010164
Cylista	Aiton	Hort. Kew. 3: 512 (1789)	wfo-4000010343
Dolicholus	Medik.	Vorles. Churpfälz. Phys.-Ökon. Ges. 2: 354 (1787)	wfo-4000012357
Hidrosia	E.Mey.	Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr.: 89 (1836)	wfo-4000017882
Leucopterum	Small	Man. S.E. Fl.: 713 (1933)	wfo-4000021590
Leycephyllum	Piper	J. Washington Acad. Sci. 14: 363 (1924)	wfo-4000021642
Nomismia	Wight & Arn.	Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 236 (1834)	wfo-4000026211
Orthodanum	E.Mey.	Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr.: 131 (1836)	wfo-4000027261
Pitcheria	Nutt.	J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 7: 92 (1834)	wfo-4000029903
Polytropia	C.Presl	Symb. Bot. (Pragae) 1: 21 (1831)	wfo-4000030858
Sigmodostyles	Meisn.	London J. Bot. 2: 93 (1843)	wfo-4000035356
Austerium	Poit. ex DC.	Prodr. 2: 385 (1825)	wfo-4100000332

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Rhynchosia:

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Rhynchosia alluaudi	Sacl.	Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 16: 166 1910	—	wfo-0001056372
Rhynchosia chrysantha	Taub. ex Engl.	Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1894: 26, nomen.		wfo-0001056369
Rhynchosia descampsii	Dewèvre	Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique xxxiii. 2, 1894 (1895) 100.		wfo-0000406164
Rhynchosia frutescens	Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. 1: 459, sphalm. 1840		wfo-0001055014
Rhynchosia laevis	Schltdl.	Linnaea 25: 166 1852	—	wfo-0001273845
Rhynchosia mendozinensis	Walp.	Repert. Bot. Syst. (Walpers) i. 788.		wfo-0000405741
Rhynchosia monosperma	Griseb.	Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 19: 123 (1874)		wfo-0001049688
Rhynchosia nitida	(E.Mey.) Steud.	Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 454 (1841)		wfo-0000186885
Rhynchosia paseoloides	Kuntze	–	—	wfo-0001248789
Rhynchosia picuensis	Glaz.	Bull. Soc. Bot. France 53(Mém. 3b): 141, nomen. 1906		wfo-0001049689
Rhynchosia polystachya	Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. 2: 454. 1841		wfo-0000405773
Rhynchosia rigidula	Eckl. & Zeyh.	Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral. [Ecklon & Zeyher] 2: 255. 1836 [Jan 1836]		wfo-0000405785
Rhynchosia scutifolia	Baker f.	J. Bot. 66(Suppl. 1): 120 1928	—	wfo-0001056376
Rhynchosia ytuana	Hoehne	Guiz Secc. Bot. Agron. 51. 1930 Nomen		wfo-0001049700