Pycnospora

Pycnospora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Tribe:	Desmodieae
Subtribe:	Desmodiinae
Genus:	Pycnospora R.Br. ex Wight & Arn. (1834)
Species:	P. lutescens
Binomial name
Pycnospora lutescens (Poir.) Schindl. (1926)
Synonyms [1]
Synonymy Colutea trifoliata(L.) Poir. (1811) Crotalaria nallamalayanaRasingam & J.Swamy (2018) Crotalaria nervosaGraham (1831), nom. nud. Crotalaria tappenbeckianaK.Schum. & Lauterb. (1900) Desmodium lutescens(Poir.) DC. (1825) Desmodium virideVogel (1843) Flemingia polyspermaMoon (1824) Hedysarum lutescensPoir. (1805) Indigofera desmodioidesBenth. ex Baker (1876), not validly publ. Meibomia lutescens(Poir.) Kuntze (1891) Meibomia viridis(Vogel) Kuntze (1891) Phaca trifoliataL. (1771), nom. utique rej. Phyllodium lutescens(Poir.) Desv. (1813) Pycnospora hedysaroidesBenth. (1864), nom. superfl. Pycnospora nervosaWight & Arn. (1834) Zornia lutescens(Poir.) Steud. (1821)

Pycnospora lutescens is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is a subshrub or perennial native to east-central tropical Africa, tropical and subtropical Asia, eastern Malesia, and northern Australia. ^[1] It is the sole species in genus Pycnospora. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. ^[2]

In Africa, Pycnospora lutescens grows in woodland, bushland, grassland, and thicket in the Victoria Basin forest–savanna mosaic, and woodland, bushland, and thicket in the Somali-Masai region of Kenya and Tanzania. ^[1]

References

1. Pycnospora R.Br. ex Wight & Arn. Plants of the World Online . Retrieved 17 September 2023.
2. Williams, Paul R.; Congdon, Robert A.; Grice, Anthony C.; Clarke, Peter J. (28 June 2008). "Germinable soil seed banks in a tropical savanna: seasonal dynamics and effects of fire.: TROPICAL SEED BANK DYNAMICS AND FIRE" . Austral Ecology. 30 (1): 79–90. doi:10.1111/j.1442-9993.2004.01426.x.