Phylacium is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes two species of climbing herbs which range from southern China through Indochina, Malesia, and Papuasia to Queensland. Typical habitats include seasonally-dry tropical forest, thicket, wooded grassland, and scrub, often in disturbed areas.[1] It belongs to subfamily Faboideae.[2]
| Phylacium | |
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| Phylacium bracteosum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Subtribe: | Glycininae |
| Genus: | Phylacium Benn. (1840) |
| Species[1] | |
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| Synonyms[1] | |
Heleiotis Hassk. (1844) | |