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Volume 65, Issue 2, December 2023

Articles

Taxonomic revision of the genus Eleiotis DC. (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae)

https://doi.org/10.20324/nelumbo/v65/2023/173270

Published 2023-12-01

  • M. Sanjappa

M. Sanjappa
Mahatama Gandhi Botanical Garden University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru 560065

Abstract

The genus Eleiotis represented by two species, is reviewed. Nomenclature, synonymy, descriptions with photo plates and distribution maps are given. The monotypic genus Oxydium is reduced as synonym of Eleiotis. Lectotypified Eleiotis rottleri Wight & Arn. and Eleiotis trifoliolata T.Cooke.

Keywords

Eleiotis, Leguminosae:Papilionoideae, Revision, Lectotypification.

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