Alysicarpus

Alysicarpus longifolius

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fabales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Desmodieae
Subtribus: Desmodiinae
Genus: Alysicarpus
Species: A. aurantiacus – A. bhuibavadensis – A. brownii – A. bupleurifolius – A. ferrugineus – A. gamblei – A. gautalensis – A. glumaceus – A. hamosus – A. hendersonii – A. heterophyllus – A. heyneanus – A. longifolius – A. luteovexillatus – A. major – A. misquittae – A. monilifer – A. muelleri – A. naikianus – A. ovalifolius – A. pokleanus – A. prainii – A. pubescens – A. quartinianus – A. roxburghianus – A. rugosus – A. salim-alii – A. sanjappae – A. saplianus – A. scariosus – A. schomburgkii – A. sedgwickii – A. suffruticosus – A. tetragonolobus – A. vaginalis – A. yunnanensis – A. zeyheri

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Alysicarpus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Nov 16. Reference page.

Name

Alysicarpus Desv., 1813

• Type species: Hedysarum bupleurifolium Herb. Wight ex Wallich. = Alysicarpus bupleurifolius (L.) DC., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 2: 352 (1825)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Fabricia Scop.
  • Hallia J.St.-Hil.
  • Hegetschweilera Heer & Regel
    

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Tropical & Subtropical Old World Afghanistan, Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Central African Repu, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, Congo, Djibouti, East Himalaya, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Gulf States, Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laccadive Is., Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Rodrigues, Rwanda, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Socotra, Solomon Is., Somalia, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Uganda, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Introduced into: Alabama, Andaman Is., Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., Chagos Archipelago, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Colombia, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Fiji, Florida, French Guiana, Georgia, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Southwest, Nauru, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Panamá, Puerto Rico, Seychelles, Society Is., Southwest Caribbean, Suriname, Texas, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Wallis-Futuna Is., Windward Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Desvaux, N.A., 1813. Journal de Botanique, Appliquée à l'Agriculture, à la Pharmacie, à la Médecine et aux Arts 1: 120

Additional references

• Ohashi, K., Nemoto, T., Nata, K. & Ohashi, H. 2017. Pollen Morphology of the Genus Desmodiastrum (Leguminosae Subfam. Papilionoideae Tribe Desmodieae). Journal of Japanese Botany [Shokubutsu Kenkyu Zasshi] 92(5): 283-293. ResearchGate Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Alysicarpus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Apr. 16. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. Apr. 16. Alysicarpus. Published online. Accessed: {{{3}}} Apr. 16.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Alysicarpus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Apr. 16. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2023. Alysicarpus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: {{{3}}} Apr.. 16 2023.

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