Alysicarpus Explained
Alysicarpus is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is distributed in tropical and subtropical regions[1] of Africa, Asia, and Australia. Species are known generally as moneyworts.[2] Unusually for legumes, the leaves are simple (not compound).
Species
, Plants of the World Online accepts the following 37 species:
- Alysicarpus aurantiacus
- Alysicarpus bhuibavadensis
- Alysicarpus brownii
- Alysicarpus bupleurifolius – sweet alys
- Alysicarpus ferrugineus
- Alysicarpus gamblei
- Alysicarpus gautalensis
- Alysicarpus glumaceus
- Alysicarpus hamosus
- Alysicarpus hendersonii
- Alysicarpus heterophyllus
- Alysicarpus heyneanus
- Alysicarpus longifolius
- Alysicarpus luteovexillatus
- Alysicarpus major
- Alysicarpus misquittae
- Alysicarpus monilifer
- Alysicarpus muelleri
- Alysicarpus naikianus
- Alysicarpus ovalifolius – alyce clover
- Alysicarpus pokleanus
- Alysicarpus prainii
- Alysicarpus pubescens
- Alysicarpus quartinianus
- Alysicarpus roxburghianus
- Alysicarpus rugosus – red moneywort
- Alysicarpus salim-alii
- Alysicarpus sanjappae
- Alysicarpus saplianus
- Alysicarpus scariosus
- Alysicarpus schomburgkii
- Alysicarpus sedgwickii
- Alysicarpus suffruticosus
- Alysicarpus tetragonolobus
- Alysicarpus vaginalis – white moneywort, buffalo clover, one-leaf clover
- Alysicarpus yunnanensis
- Alysicarpus zeyheri
Notes and References
- Chavan, S., et al. (2012). Alysicarpus sanjappae (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae), a new species from the Western Ghats of India. Kew Bulletin 68 1–4.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=26454 Alysicarpus.
