Sigmoidotropis

{{Short description|Genus of legumes}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Sigmoidotropis speciosa.jpg

|image_caption = Sigmoidotropis speciosa

|taxon = Sigmoidotropis

|authority = (Piper) A. Delgado (2011)

|type_species = Sigmoidotropis speciosa

|type_species_authority = (Kunth) A. Delgado

|subdivision_ranks = Species

|subdivision =

• Sigmoidotropis ampla (Bentham) R. Ram. & A. Delgado
• Sigmoidotropis antillana (Urban) A. Delgado
• Sigmoidotropis ekmaniana (Urban) A. Delgado
• Sigmoidotropis elegans (Piper) A. Delgado
• Sigmoidotropis grandiflora (Steudal) A. Delgado
• Sigmoidotropis megatyla (Piper) A. Delgado
• Sigmoidotropis polytyla (Harms) A. Delgado
• Sigmoidotropis speciosa (Kunth) A. Delgado

|subdivision_ref = [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60457248-2 Sigmoidotropis (Piper) A.Delgado]. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 20 September 2023.

|synonyms =

• Phaseolus sect. Sigmoidotropis Piper, 1926
• Vigna subg. Sigmoidotropis (Piper) Verdc., 1970
• Vigna sect. Sigmoidotropis (Piper) Maréchal et al., 1978

}}

Sigmoidotropis is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes eight species native to the tropical Americas, ranging from northern Mexico and the Caribbean islands to southern Brazil. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. Species in this genus were formerly considered to belong to the genus Vigna.{{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}}