Plagiosiphon

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Plagiosiphon is a genus of plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes five species of trees or shrubs native to west and west-central Africa. They grow in tropical lowland Guineo-Congolian rain forest, often along rivers, on rocky banks, or on hillsides. Four species are limited to Cameroon, Gabon, and Republic of the Congo in west-central Africa. Plagiosiphon emarginatus also grows in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Côte d'Ivoire in West Africa.

Species accepted by the Plants of the World Online as of September 2023:

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{{cite web |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:23267-1 |title=Plagiosiphon |date=2021 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|access-date=15 September 2023}}

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Category:Detarioideae

Category:Fabaceae genera

Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

Category:Taxa named by Hermann Harms

Category:Flora of the Afrotropical realm

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