Uraria

Uraria rufescens

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: Uraria
Species: U. acaulis – U. acuminata – U. balansae – U. campanulata – U. candida – U. cochinchinensis – U. cordifolia – U. crinita – U. gossweileri – U. gracilis – U. kurzii – U. lacei – U. lagopodioides – U. lagopus – U. oblonga – U. picta – U. pierrei – U. poilanei – U. prunellifolia – U. rotundata – U. rufescens – U. sinensis

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Uraria in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Nov 22. Reference page.

Name

Uraria Desv., J. Bot. Agric. 1: 122 (1813).

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Urariopsis Schindl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 54: 51 (1916).
  • Doodia Roxb., Fl. Ind. ed. 1832, 3: 365 (1832).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental:Tropical & Subtropical Old World Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Burkina, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Congo, East Himalaya, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Northern Territory, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Rwanda, Samoa, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Uganda, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., West Himalaya, Western Australia, Zaïre Introduced into: Niue, Tonga 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: 122

Additional references

• De Haas, A.J.P., Bosman, M.T.M. & Geesink, R. 1980. Urariopsis reduced to Uraria (Leguminosae-Papilionoideae). Blumea 26: 439–444.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Uraria in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Nov 22. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Uraria. Published online. Accessed: Nov 22 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Uraria. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 Nov 2020.
• Catalogue of Life: 2023 Annual Checklist

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