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ALYSICARPUS Desv. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin (Acacia by M. Thulin, A. S. Hassan & B. T. Styles) [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
ALYSICARPUS Desv. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1813), nom. cons.—Léonard in Bull. Jard. Bot. Etat 24: 84 (1954) & Fl. Congo Belge (1954); Verdcourt in Fl. Trop. E. Afr. (1971).
Information
Annual or perennial herbs. Leaves 1-foliolate or rarely pinnately 3-foliolate. Inflorescences terminal or axillary, falsely racemose or rarely paniculate; bracts scarious. Calyx scarious, the 2 upper calyx-lobes connate and the calyx appears 4-lobed. Anthers uniform. Pods linear-oblong, mostly several-jointed; articles indehiscent.
Range
Some 30 species in the Old World tropics.
Notes
Some species are cultivated as fodder plants.
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin (Acacia by M. Thulin, A. S. Hassan & B. T. Styles) [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
ALYSICARPUS Desv. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1813), nom. cons.—Léonard in Bull. Jard. Bot. Etat 24: 84 (1954) & Fl. Congo Belge (1954); Verdcourt in Fl. Trop. E. Afr. (1971).
Information
Annual or perennial herbs. Leaves 1-foliolate or rarely pinnately 3-foliolate. Inflorescences terminal or axillary, falsely racemose or rarely paniculate; bracts scarious. Calyx scarious, the 2 upper calyx-lobes connate and the calyx appears 4-lobed. Anthers uniform. Pods linear-oblong, mostly several-jointed; articles indehiscent.
Range
Some 30 species in the Old World tropics.
Notes
Some species are cultivated as fodder plants.
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin (Acacia by M. Thulin, A. S. Hassan & B. T. Styles) [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
ALYSICARPUS Desv. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1813), nom. cons.—Léonard in Bull. Jard. Bot. Etat 24: 84 (1954) & Fl. Congo Belge (1954); Verdcourt in Fl. Trop. E. Afr. (1971).
Information
Annual or perennial herbs. Leaves 1-foliolate or rarely pinnately 3-foliolate. Inflorescences terminal or axillary, falsely racemose or rarely paniculate; bracts scarious. Calyx scarious, the 2 upper calyx-lobes connate and the calyx appears 4-lobed. Anthers uniform. Pods linear-oblong, mostly several-jointed; articles indehiscent.
Range
Some 30 species in the Old World tropics.
Notes
Some species are cultivated as fodder plants.
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