Alysicarpus

Alysicarpus
Alysicarpus longifolius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Desmodieae
Subtribe: Desmodiinae
Genus: Alysicarpus
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Alysicarpus is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is distributed in tropical and subtropical regions[1] of Africa, Asia, the Americas, and Australia.[2] Species are known generally as moneyworts.[3]

Species include:[2][4][5]

  • Alysicarpus brownii
  • Alysicarpus bupleurifolius – sweet alys
  • Alysicarpus ferrugineus
  • Alysicarpus gamblei
  • Alysicarpus glumaceus
  • Alysicarpus hamosus
  • Alysicarpus hendersonii
  • Alysicarpus heterophyllus
  • Alysicarpus heyneanus
  • Alysicarpus longifolius
  • Alysicarpus ludens
  • Alysicarpus luteovexillatus
  • Alysicarpus mahabubnagarensis
  • Alysicarpus misquitei
  • Alysicarpus monilifer
  • Alysicarpus naikianus
  • Alysicarpus ovalifolius – alyce clover
  • Alysicarpus polygonoides
  • Alysicarpus prainii
  • Alysicarpus pubescens
  • Alysicarpus quartinianus
  • Alysicarpus roxburghianus
  • Alysicarpus rugosus – red moneywort
  • Alysicarpus sanjappae[1]
  • Alysicarpus saplianus
  • Alysicarpus scariosus
  • Alysicarpus sedgwickii
  • Alysicarpus tetragonolobus
  • Alysicarpus timoriensis
  • Alysicarpus vaginalis – white moneywort, buffalo clover, one-leaf clover
  • Alysicarpus yunnanensis
  • Alysicarpus zeyheri

References

  1. 1 2 Chavan, S., et al. (2012). Alysicarpus sanjappae (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae), a new species from the Western Ghats of India. Kew Bulletin 68 1-4.
  2. 1 2 Alysicarpus. Flora of China.
  3. ↑ Alysicarpus. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
  4. ↑ Alysicarpus. Flora of Pakistan.
  5. ↑ GRIN Species Records of Alysicarpus. Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).


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