3673.000 Argyrolobium
Martins, E.S. et al. (2003) Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(7)
Description of the genus
Herbs or small shrubs, often silky or villous. Stipules present; stipels 0. Leaves digitately 3-foliolate. Flowers in terminal or leaf-opposed few-many-flowered racemes, often ± umbellate, rarely solitary. Calyx 2-lipped; 2 upper lobes free or shortly united; 3 lower united into a shortly 3-lobed lip. Corolla yellow; standard without appendages; wings often with rows of crescent-shaped folds between the upper veins. Stamens united into a closed tube. Pod linear-oblong, flattened. Worldwide: 70 species from South Africa to the tropical African highlands, Madagascar, Mediterranean and India Zimbabwe: 5 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| eylesii Baker f. [End] | W,C,S | Description |
| harveyanum Oliv. | E | Description |
| rupestre (E. Mey.) Walp. subsp. rupestre | C,E,S | Description, Image |
| tomentosum (Andrews) Druce | E | Description, Image |
| tuberosum Eckl. & Zeyh. | E | Description, Image |
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