| Home | > | List of families | > | Fabaceae subfamily Papilionoideae | > | Aeschynomene |
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 Caprivi: 5 taxa. |
 |
Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | Content |
| cristata Vatke var. cristata | Description, Image |
| fluitans Peter | Description, Image |
| indica L. | Description, Image |
| nilotica Taub. | |
| schimperi Hochst. ex A. Rich. |
Other sources of information about Aeschynomene:
Our websites:
Flora of Botswana: AeschynomeneFlora of Caprivi: cultivated Aeschynomene
Flora of Malawi: Aeschynomene
Flora of Mozambique: Aeschynomene
Flora of Zambia: Aeschynomene
Flora of Zimbabwe: Aeschynomene
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Aeschynomene
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): AeschynomeneBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Aeschynomene
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Aeschynomene
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Aeschynomene
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Aeschynomene
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Aeschynomene
JSTOR Plant Science: Aeschynomene
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Aeschynomene
Plants of the World Online: Aeschynomene
Tropicos: Aeschynomene
Wikipedia: Aeschynomene
| Home | > | List of families | > | Fabaceae subfamily Papilionoideae | > | Aeschynomene |