Otholobium

Otholobium
Otholobium glandulosum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Psoraleeae
Genus: Otholobium
C. H. Stirt.
Species

See text.

Otholobium is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae.

There are about 53 species. They are native to southern and eastern Africa, and possibly South America. They are herbs, shrubs, or trees.[1]

Species

  • Otholobium bractolatum
  • Otholobium bolusii (H. M. L. Forbes) C. H. Stirton
  • Otholobium caffrum
  • Otholobium candicans
  • Otholobium decumbens
  • Otholobium foliosum
  • Otholobium fruticans
  • Otholobium glandulosum
  • Otholobium hirtum
  • Otholobium holosericeum
  • Otholobium pubescens
  • Otholobium rotundifolium
  • Otholobium sericeum
  • Otholobium spicatum
  • Otholobium striatum
  • Otholobium wilmsii

References

  1. Otholobium. Legumes of the World. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.


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