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Overview:

Conservation Status

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms:

1. Aeschynomene bonariensis Speg.
2. Aeschynomene natans Hassl.

Notes:

Publishing author: Hassler Publication: in Bull. Herb. Boiss. Ser. II. vii. 7 (1907).

Name Status: Accepted Name. Latest taxonomic scrutiny: –

Place of publication: Pl. hartw. 116. 1843

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

Physical 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]

Habit: Herb • Climbing: Not Climbing

Flowers: Bloom Period: July, August. • Flower Color: near white, white

Distribution

Range and Population

Paraguay (Southern South America, Southern America)

Native: .

Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Similar Species

Members of the genus Aeschynomene:

There are approximately 346 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them: A. mossambicensis longistipitata · A. abyssinica · A. acapulcensis · A. acutangula · A. aegyptiaca · A. afraspera · A. americana (American Joint-Vetch) · A. americana var. americana · A. americana var. flabellata · A. americana var. glandulosa · A. amorphoides · A. angolense · A. angolensis · A. aphylla · A. aquatica · A. arabica · A. arborea · A. aspera · A. aspera var. oligarthra · A. atropurpurea · A. batekensis · A. baumii · A. baumii var. kassneri · A. bella · A. benguellensis · A. benthamii · A. bequaertii · A. bolivianum · A. bracteosa · A. bradei · A. brasila · A. brasilana · A. brasiliana · A. brasiliana f. multijuga · A. brasiliana var. brasiliana · A. brasiliana var. carichanica · A. brasiliana var. venezolana · A. brevifolia · A. brevipes · A. bulllockii · A. bullockii · A. burmanni · A. burttii · A. burttiie · A. butayei · A. campicola · A. carichanica · A. carvalhoi · A. chimanimaniensis · A. ciliata · A. claessensii · A. coarctata · A. coluteoides · A. compacta · A. crassicaulis · A. crepita · A. cristata · A. cristata var. cristata · A. cristata var. pubescens · A. curtisiae · A. deamii · A. debilis · A. deightonii · A. delicatula · A. denticulata · A. dewevrei · A. dimidiata · A. dimidiata bequaertii · A. dimidiata dimidiata · A. disperma · A. dissitiflora · A. divisa · A. djalonensis · A. egena · A. elaphroxylon (Ambatch) · A. elaphyroxylon · A. elegans · A. elegans var. elegans · A. elegans var. robustior · A. elisabethvilleana · A. elongata · A. equidiadelpha · A. erubescens · A. evenia (Shrubby Jointvetch) · A. evenia var. evenia · A. evenia var. serrulata · A. falcata · A. falcata f. glabrior · A. falcata var. falcata · A. falcata var. glabra · A. falcata var. hassleri · A. falcata var. microphylla · A. falcata var. minor · A. fascicularis · A. filosa · A. fluitans (Botswana Wonder) · A. fluminensis · A. fluminensis var. fluminensis · A. fluminensis var. tuberculata · A. foliolosa

Bibliography

• Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica. (F Jam)
• Burkart, A. E., ed. 1969–. Flora ilustrada de Entre Rios. (F EntreR)
• 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.
• Isely, D. 1998. Native and naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the United States (exclusive of Alaska and Hawaii). (Leg US)
• Kretschmer, A. E. & R. C. Bullock. 1980. Aeschnomene spp.: distribution and potential use. Proc. Soil Sci. Soc. Florida 39:148.
• McVaugh, R. 1983–. Flora Novo-Galiciana. (F NGalicia)
• Perry, J. E. et al. 1998. Aeschynomene indica L. (Fabaceae) in Virginia. Castanea 63:192–193.
• Radford, A. E. et al., eds. 1980–. Vascular flora of the southeastern United States. (F SE US)
• Rudd, V. E. 1955. The American species of Aeschynomene. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 32:63.
• Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943–1980. Flora of Panama. (F Panama)

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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 16, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 7 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 16, 2007:

• 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
• University of Vienna, Institute for Botany - Herbarium WU, Herbarium WU

Identifiers:

• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 25364
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13638400
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:472933-1
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDFAB040E0
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: AERU
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 19442

Footnotes:

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