Aeschynomene pratensis

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Overview

Critically Endangered

Common Names

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

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: –

Place of publication : Bull . New York Bot. Gard. 3:423. 1905

Name verified on 01-Nov-1990 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

• Rudd, V. E. 1955. The American species of Aeschynomene. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 32:46.
• Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943–1980. Flora of Panama. (F Panama)

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 June 21, 2006. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 6 providers.
• Hopkins HF, 2001-03 (from ILDIS).
• ILDIS World Database of Legumes
• 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)
• Zarucchi JL, 1993 (from ILDIS).

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 30, 2007:

• Herbier de la Guyane, Herbier de la Guyane
• Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad
• , Biodiversidad de Costa Rica
• International Plant Genetic Resources Institute(IPGRI), The System-wide Information Network for Genetic Resources
• Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
• USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2650408
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-8405
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13641622
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:5989-2
• GRIN Nomen Number: 315811
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 25363
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 472898-1
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDFAB04050
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: AEPR
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 19441

Footnotes

1. "Aeschynomene". in Flora of Pakistan Page 338. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]

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