Orbexilum
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Orbexilum is a genus of flowering plant
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...

s in the legume family, Fabaceae
Fabaceae
The Fabaceae or Leguminosae, commonly known as the legume, pea, or bean family, is a large and economically important family of flowering plants. The group is the third largest land plant family, behind only the Orchidaceae and Asteraceae, with 730 genera and over 19,400 species...

. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae
Faboideae
Faboideae is a subfamily of the flowering plant family Fabaceae or Leguminosae. One acceptable alternative name for the subfamily is Papilionoideae....

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Species include:
  • Orbexilum chiapasanum
  • Orbexilum lupinellum
  • Orbexilum macrophyllum
  • Orbexilum oliganthum
  • Orbexilum onobrychis
  • Orbexilum pedunculatum
  • Orbexilum simplex
  • Orbexilum stipulatum
    Orbexilum stipulatum
    Orbexilum stipulatum, commonly known as Largestipule leather-root or Falls-of-the-Ohio Scurfpea, was a flowering plant that was endemic to Rock Island in the Falls of the Ohio; an area of rapids and rocky limestone outcrops in Kentucky's portion of the Ohio River...

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