3793.000 Aeschynomene
Verdcourt, B. (2000) Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(6)
Description of the genus
Annual or perennial herbs, subshrubs or shrubs. Stipules present, stipels 0. Leaves alternate or ± paripinnate, 2-many-foliolate. Leaflets subopposite to alternate, asymmetric at base. Inflorescences axillary, less often terminal or leaf-opposed. Bracts entire or 2-3-fid; bracteoles mostly deciduous. Calyx 2-lipped. Corolla usually yellow, orange-yellow or orange, often lined or flushed with purple. Pod linear or elliptic with 1-many articles, usually straight or curved. Worldwide: 150 species in tropical and warm zones Zimbabwe: 26 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| abyssinica (A. Rich.) Vatke | N,C,E | Description, Image |
| aphylla Wild [NrEnd] [LR-nt] | E | Description, Image |
| bracteosa Welw. ex Baker var. bracteosa | N | Description, Image |
| chimanimaniensis Verdc. [NrEnd] [LR-nt] | E | Description |
| cristata Vatke | W | Description, Image |
| elaphroxylon (Guill. & Perr.) Taub. | N | Description, Image |
| fluitans Peter | N,C | Description, Image |
| gazensis Baker f. [End] [EN] | E | Description |
| grandistipulata Harms [NrEnd] [LR-nt] | E | Description, Image |
| indica L. | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| inyangensis Wild [NrEnd] [LR-nt] | E | Description |
| leptophylla Harms var. leptophylla | N,W | |
| mediocris Verdc. | N | |
| megalophylla Harms | E | Description, Image |
| mimosifolia Vatke | N,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| minutiflora Taub. subsp. minutiflora | N,W,C | Description, Image |
| nilotica Taub. | W | |
| nodulosa (Baker) Baker f. var. nodulosa | C,E,S | Description, Image |
| nodulosa (Baker) Baker f. var. glabrescens J.B. Gillett | E | Description, Image |
| nodulosa (Baker) Baker f. [Agg] | C,E,S | Description |
| nyassana Taub. | W,C,E | Description, Image |
| rhodesiaca Harms | W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| schimperi Hochst. ex A. Rich. | C,E | |
| schliebenii Harms var. mossambicensis (Baker f.) Verdc. | N,C,E | Description, Image |
| trigonocarpa Taub. ex Baker f. | N,C | Description, Image |
| uniflora E. Mey. | N | Description, Image |
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