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3910.000 Dolichos
MacKinder, B. et al. (2001) Papilionoideae FZ 3(5)
Description of the genus
Herbs, shrubs or suffrutices, sometimes climbing. Leaves pinnately or rarely digitately 3-foliolate, often appearing after the flowers. Inflorescences axillary. Calyx with 5 lobes, the upper pair fused to form an entire or 2-fid lip. Corolla usually a shade of purple, sometimes yellow. Standard glabrous outside, often auriculate with small oblong cone-shaped appendages. Style swollen, thickened, with a ring of hairs around the terminal capitate stigma. Pods flattened laterally. Worldwide: 60 species in the Old Wordl tropics, principally in Africa |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | Links to maps | FZ divisions | Content |
| kilimandscharicus Harms ex Taub. subsp. kilimandscharicus | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| oliveri Schweinf. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,C,E,S | |
| sericeus E. Mey. subsp. sericeus | Altitude Rainfall Geology | C,E | |
| trilobus L. subsp. trilobus var. trilobus | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,C,E,S | |
| trinervatus Baker | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,C,E,S | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Dolichos:
Flora of Mozambique: DolichosePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Dolichos
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Dolichos
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Dolichos
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Dolichos
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Dolichos
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