# Angylocalyx

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***Angylocalyx*** is a genus of [flowering plants](/source/Flowering_plant) in the family [Fabaceae](/source/Fabaceae). It includes seven species native to [sub-Saharan Africa](/source/Sub-Saharan_Africa), ranging from [Guinea](/source/Guinea) to [Angola](/source/Angola), [Tanzania](/source/Tanzania), and [Kenya](/source/Kenya).[1]

The following species are accepted:[1][2][3]

- *[Angylocalyx boutiqueanus](/source/Angylocalyx_boutiqueanus)* L. Touss.
- *[Angylocalyx braunii](/source/Angylocalyx_braunii)* Harms

- *[Angylocalyx oligophyllus](/source/Angylocalyx_oligophyllus)* (Baker) Baker f.
- *[Angylocalyx pynaertii](/source/Angylocalyx_pynaertii)* De Wild.

- *[Angylocalyx schumannianus](/source/Angylocalyx_schumannianus)* Taub.
- *[Angylocalyx talbotii](/source/Angylocalyx_talbotii)* Hutch. & Dalziel
- *[Angylocalyx vermeulenii](/source/Angylocalyx_vermeulenii)* De Wild.

Members of this genus accumulate hydroxy[pipecolic acids](/source/Pipecolic_acid) and [iminosugars](/source/Iminosugar) in their leaves.[4]

## References

1. [*Angylocalyx* Taub.](https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:21662-1) *[Plants of the World Online](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online)*. Retrieved 9 August 2023.

1. ["ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for *Angylocalyx*"](http://www.ildis.org/LegumeWeb?version~10.01&genus~Angylocalyx&species~). *International Legume Database & Information Service*. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 30 January 2014.

1. USDA; ARS; National Genetic Resources Program. ["GRIN species records of *Angylocalyx*"](http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?688). *[Germplasm Resources Information Network](/source/Germplasm_Resources_Information_Network)—(GRIN) [Online Database]*. [National Germplasm Resources Laboratory](/source/Henry_A._Wallace_Beltsville_Agricultural_Research_Center), Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved 30 January 2014.

1. Kite GC, Cardoso D, Lewis GP, Zartman CE, de Queiroz LP, Veitch NC (2015). "Monomethyl ethers of 4,5-dihydroxypipecolic acid from *Petaladenium urceoliferum*: Enigmatic chemistry of an enigmatic legume". *Phytochemistry*. **116**: 198–202. [Bibcode:2015PChem.116..198K](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015PChem.116..198K). [doi:10.1016/j.phytochem.2015.02.026](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phytochem.2015.02.026). [PMID 25817832](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25817832)

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