Mysanthus

{{Short description|Genus of legumes}}

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| parent_authority = G.P.Lewis & A.Delgado (1994)

| display_parents = 2

| taxon = Mysanthus uleanus

| authority = (Harms) G.P.Lewis & A.Delgado (1994)

| subdivision_ranks = Varieties

| subdivision =

• Mysanthus uleanus var. dolichopsoides {{small|(Hoehne) G.P.Lewis & A.Delgado}}
• Mysanthus uleanus var. uleanus

|subdivision_ref = [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:977415-1 Mystanthus G.P.Lewis & A.Delgado]. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 7 September 2023.

|synonyms = Phaseolus uleanus {{small|Harms (1908)}}

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Mysanthus uleanus is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is a climbing herb endemic to eastern Brazil. It grows in seasonally-dry tropical wooded grassland, thorn scrub, rocky shrubland, and in degraded areas. It is the only described member of the genus Mysanthus, though there is a report of an undescribed species.{{cite journal |vauthors=Delgado-Salinas A, Thulin M, Pasquet R, Weeden N, Lavin M | year = 2011 | title = Vigna (Leguminosae) sensu lato: the names and identities of the American segregate genera | journal = Am J Bot | volume = 98 | issue = 10 | pages = 1694–715 | doi = 10.3732/ajb.1100069 | pmid = 21980163}} The genus belongs to subfamily Faboideae.