Microcharis Explained

Microcharis is a genus of flowering plants. It includes 36 species of herbs and shrublets native to Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. The genus is in tribe Indigofereae of family Fabaceae.^[1] Typical habitats include seasonally-dry tropical forest margins, woodland, thicket, wooded grassland, and grassland, often in damp, swampy, or riverine areas, or in shallow soil over rocks.

Species

Microcharis comprises the following species:^{[2] [3]}

• Microcharis ammophila (Thulin) Schrire
• Microcharis angolensis Baker
• Microcharis annua (Milne-Redh.) Schrire
• Microcharis aphylla (R.Vig.) Schrire, Du Puy & Labat
• Microcharis asparagoides (Taub.) Schrire
• Microcharis brevistaminea (J.B.Gillett) Schrire
• Microcharis buchneri (Taub.) Schrire
• Microcharis butayei (De Wild.) Schrire
• Microcharis cana (Thulin) Schrire
• Microcharis contorta (J.B.Gillett) Schrire
• Microcharis cufodontii (Chiov.) Schrire
• Microcharis disjuncta (J.B.Gillett) Schrire
  • var. disjuncta (J.B.Gillett) Schrire
  • var. fallax (J.B. Gillett) Schrire
• Microcharis ephemera (J.B.Gillett) Schrire
• Microcharis galpinii N.E.Br.
• Microcharis garissaensis (J.B.Gillett) Schrire
• Microcharis gyrata (Thulin) Schrire
• Microcharis karinensis (Thulin) Schrire
• Microcharis kucharii (Thulin) Schrire
• Microcharis latifolia Benth.
• Microcharis longicalyx (J.B.Gillett) Schrire
• Microcharis medicaginea (Baker) Schrire
• Microcharis microcharoides (Taub.) Schrire
  • var. latistipulata (J.B. Gillett) Schrire
  • var. microcharoides (Taub.) Schrire
• Microcharis nematophylla Thulin
• Microcharis omissa Thulin
• Microcharis phyllogramme (R.Vig.) Schrire
• Microcharis praetermissa (Baker f.) Schrire

• Microcharis remotiflora (Baker f.) Schrire
• Microcharis sessilis (Thulin) Schrire
• Microcharis spathulata (J.B.Gillett) Schrire
• Microcharis stipulosa (Chiov.) Schrire
• Microcharis tenella Benth.
• Microcharis tenuirostris (Thulin) Schrire
• Microcharis tisserantii (Pellegr.) Schrire
• Microcharis tritoides (Baker) Schrire
  • subsp. obbiadensis (Chiov.) Schrire
  • subsp. tritoides (Baker) Schrire
• Microcharis wajirensis (J.B.Gillett) Schrire
• Microcharis welwitschii (Baker) Schrire

Notes and References

1. Schrire BD, Lavin M, Barker NP, Forest F . 2009 . Phylogeny of the tribe Indigofereae (Leguminosae-Papilionoideae): Geographically structured more in succulent-rich and temperate settings than in grass-rich environments . . 96 . 4 . 816–52 . 10.3732/ajb.0800185 . 21628237 .
2. Web site: ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Microcharis . . International Legume Database & Information Service . Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics . 12 February 2017.
3. Web site: GRIN species records of Microcharis . USDA . USDA . ARS . Agricultural Research Service . National Genetic Resources Program . Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database] . National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland . 12 February 2017.