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Glycine sp.

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Identification
Rhynchosia minima (L.) DC. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on Sheet, Glycine sp. Not on Sheet [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE ] Verified by Not on Sheet,
Related name
  • Glycine peduncularis
  • Phaseolus trilobus
  • Glycine galactia
  • Glycine umbellata
  • Clitoria sp.
  • Glycine tomentosa
  • Glycine simplicifolia
  • Glycine angulosa
  • Glycine sp.
  • Rhynchosia minima

Flora

Entry for TERAMNUS Sw. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 2, page 1, (1894) Author: (By W. H. HARVEY).
Names
TERAMNUS Sw. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], —Benth. Fl. Braz. XXIV. p. 138.
Glycine sp. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], Auct.
Bujacia E. Mey. [family ], Comm. p. 127.
Information
Calyx tubuloso-campanulate, 4–5-fid. Vexillum obovate, with a longish claw; alæ narrow-oblong, oblique; carina shorter, oblique, obtuse. Stamens monadelphous, the alternate rostrate. Ovary sessile, with a short, thick style and capitate stigma. Legume linear, many-seeded, hook-pointed, septate within. Slender, twining, tropical plants. Leaves pinnately-trifoliolate; leaflets stipellate, the terminal remote. Flowers minute, on slender, axillary peduncles, in pairs or fascicled, or in interrupted racemes. Pedicels short, bibracteolate under the calyx.
Notes
Name from τεραμνος, soft; because the pods and leaves are soft.

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