Fillaeopsis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae.[1] It contains a single species, Fillaeopsis discophora. It is a tree native to Nigeria and west-central Africa (Cameroon, Central African Republic, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, and DR Congo). It is a tree of the Guineo-Congolian forest, where it grows up to 130 feet (40 m) tall.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
| Clade: | Mimosoid clade |
| Genus: | Fillaeopsis Harms (1899) |
| Species: | F. discophora
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| Binomial name | |
| Fillaeopsis discophora Harms (1899)
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References
edit- ^ The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG). (2017). "A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny". Taxon. 66 (1): 44–77. doi:10.12705/661.3. hdl:10568/90658.
- ^ Fillaeopsis discophora Harms. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
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