Philenoptera

Philenoptera is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes 11 species of trees, shrubs, and more rarely lianas native to sub-Saharan Africa. Typical habitats include seasonally-dry tropical forest, woodland, wooded grassland, and bushland. Four species are native to the Zambezian region, 3 species to the Sudanian region, 2 species to the Zanzibar-Inhambane and Tongaland-Pondoland regions, 1 species to the Somali-Masai region, 1 species to the Guineo-Congolian region, and 1 to Madagascar.

Species
, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:
 * Philenoptera bussei (Harms) Schrire
 * Philenoptera cyanescens (Schumach. & Thonn.) Roberty
 * Philenoptera eriocalyx (Harms) Schrire
 * Philenoptera kanurii (Brenan & J.B.Gillett) Schrire
 * Philenoptera katangensis (De Wild.) Schrire
 * Philenoptera laxiflora (Guill. & Perr.) Roberty
 * Philenoptera nelsii (Schinz) Schrire
 * Philenoptera pallescens (Welw. ex Baker) Schrire
 * Philenoptera sutherlandii (Harv.) Schrire
 * Philenoptera violacea (Klotzsch) Schrire
 * Philenoptera wankieensis (Mendonça & E.P.Sousa) Lock