Aeschynomene indica

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Common Names

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Description

Subfamily Faboideae

Mostly herbs, shrubs , or trees . Leaves pinnate or palmate to trifoliolate or apparently simple . Corolla usually, showy, zygomorphic, the petals imbricate, posterior (upper or banner ) petal outermost in bud. Stamens 10 or 9 + 1 (diadelphous ), not showy. Pollen released in monads . Seeds with u-shaped line (pleurogram) lacking. [Carr]

Genus Aeschynomene

Herbs or shrubs . Leaves pinnate, leaflets numerous , entire, exstipellate. Flowers in simple or branched axillary racemes , sometimes terminal . Bracts usually stipuliform , bracteoles appressed to the calyx. Calyx with subequal lobes or 2-lipped. Petals subequal; vexillum shortly clawed, orbicular , wings obliquely obovate or oblong , Keel not beaked . Stamens in 2 bundles of 5 each, anthers uniform . Ovary stipitate , 2 or more ovulate , style incurved , not bearded . Stigma terminal. Fruit stipitate, joints 2 or more, smooth or muricate , indehiscent, 1-seeded parts separable or rarely dehiscent by one suture.

A genus with about 150 species, distributed in tropical and subtropical regions of the world, represented in Pakistan by only 2 species.[1]

Physical Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,905 meters (0 to 6,250 feet).[2]

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Annual

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Aeschynomene cachemiriana Cambess.
2. Aeschynomene diffusa Willd.
3. Aeschynomene glaberrima Poir.
4. Aeschynomene indica var. punctata Pers.
5. Aeschynomene indica var. viscosa Miq.
6. Aeschynomene kashmiriana Cambess.
7. Aeschynomene macropoda Dc.
8. Aeschynomene montana Span.
9. Aeschynomene oligantha Baker
10. Aeschynomene pumila L.
11. Aeschynomene punctata Steud.
12. Aeschynomene quadrata Schum. & Thonn.
13. Aeschynomene roxburghii Spreng.
14. Aeschynomene subviscosa Dc.
15. Aeschynomene viscidula Willd.
16. Hedysarum alpinum Lour.
17. Hedysarum neli-tali Roxb.
18. Hedysarum virginicum Lour.
19. Smithia aspera Roxb.

Notes

Publishing author : DC. Publication : Prodr. (DC.) 2: 321 1825 [mid Nov 1825] Publishing author: Spreng. Publication: Syst. iii. 322 Publishing author: Schumach. & Thonn. Publication: Beskr. Guin. Pl. 356 1827 Publishing author: Steud. Publication: Nomencl. Bot. (Steudel) 17 1821 Publishing author: L. Publication: Sp. Pl., ed. 2. 2: 1061 1763 Publishing author: Micheli Publication: in Mem. Soc. Phys. Hist. Nat. Geneve, xxxiv. 256. Publishing author: Span. Publication: Linnaea 15: 192 1841 Publishing author: DC. Publication: Prodr. (DC.) 2: 320 1825 [mid Nov 1825] Publishing author: Baker Publication: Fl. Brit . Ind. (J. D. Hooker). i. 151 Publishing author: Poir. Publication: Encyc. Suppl. iv . 76 Publishing author: Roxb. ex Wight & Arn. Publication: Prod. 215 Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: –

Place of publication: Sp. pl. 2:713. 1753

Name verified on 15-Nov-1986 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 28-Mar-1995

Similar Species

Members of the genus Aeschynomene

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 362 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

A. abyssinica · A. acapulcensis · A. acutangula · A. aegyptiaca · A. afraspera (Sola Pith Plant) · A. americana (American Sensitive Plant) · A. americana depila · A. americana var. americana · A. americana var. flabellata · A. americana var. glandulosa · A. americana villosa · A. amorphoides · A. angolense · A. angolensis · A. aphylla · A. apoloana · A. aquatica · A. arborea · A. arenicola · A. aristata · A. aspera (Sola Pith Plant) · A. aspera var. oligarthra · A. aurea · A. batekensis · A. baumii · A. bella · A. belvesii · A. benguellensis · A. biflora · A. bispinosa · A. bonariensis · A. bracteolaris · A. bracteosa · A. bradei · A. brasila · A. brasiliana · A. brasiliana var. brasiliana · A. brasiliana var. carichanica · A. brasiliana var. venezolana · A. brevifolia (Andriambavikelijianjakalanitra) · A. brevipes · A. bullockii · A. burttii · A. burttiie · A. butayei · A. calderoniana · A. campicola · A. cannabina · A. carvalhoi · A. cassioides · A. chiapensis · A. chimanimaniensis · A. ciliata · A. coccinea · A. coluteoides · A. compacta · A. conferta · A. crassicaulis · A. crepita · A. cristata (Hamotsy Fotsy) · A. cristata var. cristata · A. cristata var. pubescens · A. curtisiae · A. deamii · A. debilis · A. decumbens · A. deightonii · A. delicatula · A. densiflora · A. dentata · A. denticulata · A. dewevrei · A. diffusa · A. dimidiata · A. dimidiata bequaertii · A. dimidiata dimidiata · A. dissitiflora · A. divisa · A. djalonensis · A. echinus · A. egena · A. elaphroxylon (Nile Pith Tree) · A. elegans · A. elegans var. elegans · A. elegans var. robustior · A. elisabethvilleana · A. elongata · A. emerus · A. eriocarpa · A. erubescens · A. evenia (Shrubby Jointvetch) · A. evenia var. evenia · A. evenia var. serrulata · A. falcata (Australian Joint-Vetch) · A. falcata f. glabrior (Australian Joint-Vetch) · A. falcata var. falcata (Australian Joint-Vetch) · A. falcata var. hassleri · A. falcata var. minor · A. fascicularis · A. filosa

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Further Reading

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• Carulli, J. P. & D. E. Fairbrothers. 1988. Allozyme variation in three eastern United States species of Aeschynomene (Fabaceae), including the rare A. virginica. Syst. Bot. 13:559–566.
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Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2007. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed March 24, 2007.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 12, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 25 providers.
• ILDIS World Database of LegumesNov 10, 2005.
• USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (April 25, 2008)

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 12, 2007:

• Australian National Herbarium
• , Australian National Herbarium
• Herbarium of the University of Aarhus, The AAU Herbarium Database
• International Plant Genetic Resources Institute(IPGRI), The System-wide Information Network for Genetic Resources
• Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
• National Herbarium of New South Wales, NSW herbarium collection
• National Herbarium of New South Wales, Plants of Papua New Guinea
• National Institute of Genetics, ROIS, Herbarium Specimens of Museum of Nature and Human Activities, Hyogo Pref., Japan
• National Science Museum of Korea, National Science Museum of Korea Plant
• Taiwan Biodiversity Information Facility, Magnoliophyta
• USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database
• University of Alabama Biodiversity and Systematics, Herbarium

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2650407
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-1217
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13637811
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:93339-3
• GRIN Nomen Number: 1610
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 25362
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 472782-1
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDFAB04030
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: AEIN
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 19439

Footnotes

1. "Aeschynomene". in Flora of Pakistan Page 338. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
2. Mean = 180.160 meters (591.076 feet), Standard Deviation = 446.920 based on 358 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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