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3810.000 Alysicarpus
Description of the genus
Herbs. Stipules free or joined; stipels present. Leaves 1-foliolate, rarely pinnately 3-foliolate. Inflorescences axillary, terminal or leaf-opposed, falsely racemose or rarely paniculate; the flowers usually paired. Bracts scarious. Calyx glumaceous, appearing 4-lobed, the 2 upper calyx teeth entirely connate or almost so. Standard variously coloured. Ovary sessile or shortly stalked with several-many ovules. Pod transversely jointed, subcylindric or somewhat flattened, constricted between the articles or not. Worldwide: 25 species in the Old World tropics |
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| Species | Links to maps | FZ divisions | Content |
| glumaceus (Vahl) DC. subsp. glumaceus var. glumaceus | Altitude Rainfall Geology | E | |
| ovalifolius (Schumach.) J. Léonard | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,E,S | |
| rugosus (Willd.) DC. subsp. perennirufus J. Léonard | Altitude Rainfall Geology | C,E | |
| rugosus (Willd.) DC. subsp. rugosus | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,C,E,S | |
| vaginalis (L.) DC. var. vaginalis | Altitude Rainfall Geology | S | |
| zeyheri Harv. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Alysicarpus:
Flora of Mozambique: AlysicarpusePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Alysicarpus
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Alysicarpus
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Alysicarpus
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Alysicarpus
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Alysicarpus
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