Rhynchosia

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Rhynchosia
Rhynchosia monophylla 1.jpg
Rhynchosia monophylla
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Clade: Millettioids
Tribe: Phaseoleae
Subtribe: Cajaninae
Genus: Rhynchosia
Lour.
Species [1]

260; see text

Synonyms [1]
  • ArcyphyllumElliott (1818)
  • AusteriumPoit. ex DC. (1825)
  • BaukeaVatke (1881)
  • ChrysosciasE.Mey. (1836)
  • CopismaE.Mey. (1836)
  • CyanospermumWight & Arn. (1834)
  • CylistaAiton (1789)
  • DolicholusMedik. (1787)
  • HidrosiaE.Mey. (1836)
  • LeucopterumSmall (1933)
  • LeycephyllumPiper (1924)
  • NomismiaWight & Arn. (1834)
  • OrthodanumE.Mey. (1836)
  • PitcheriaNutt.(1834) [2]
  • PolytropiaC.Presl (1831)
  • SigmodostylesMeisn. (1843)
Rhynchosia hirta - MHNT Rhynchosia hirta MHNT.BOT.2009.13.17.jpg
Rhynchosia hirta - MHNT

Rhynchosia, also known as snoutbean, [3] is a genus of plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes 260 species of herbs, vines, and subshrubs native to tropical, subtropical, and warm temperate regions around the world, ranging from the southern United States to northern Argentina in the Americas, and through Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, southern Asia from Iran to Korea and Japan, New Guinea, and Australia. Typical habitats include seasonally-dry forest, forest margins, woodland, thicket, wooded grassland, shrubland, and grassland, often in open rocky areas, disturbed areas, or along streams. Many species are pyrophytes. [1] There are several different complexes within the genus, including the Senna complex. [4]

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Species

260 species are accepted. [1] Species include: [5]

United States

Louisiana

Except for ornamental purposes, growing, selling or possessing Rhynchosia spp. is prohibited by Louisiana State Act 159.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Rhynchosia Lour. Plants of the World Online . Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  2. Rhynchosia at Germplasm Resources Information Network
  3. Rhynchosia at USDA PLANTS Database
  4. Turner, B.L., http://www.biosci.utexas.edu/prc/pdfs/Turner-Lundellia14.pdf
  5. Woods, M. & J. Key. (2009). Genus Rhynchosia (Fabaceae) in Alabama. Archived 2011-07-27 at the Wayback Machine Phytologia 91:1 3.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Verdcourt, B. (2000). New species of Rhynchosia Lour. (Leguminosae-Phaseoleae-Cajaninae) from the Flora Zambesiaca area. Kew Bulletin 55:1 137-46.