Uraria Explained

Uraria is a genus of plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes 24 species of shrubs and subshrubs native to sub-Saharan Africa, the Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, China, Malesia, Papuasia, Australia, and the South Pacific. Typical habitats are seasonally-dry tropical woodland or grassland. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae and the tribe Desmodieae.

Species

24 species are accepted by Plants of the World Online.

• Uraria acaulis Schindl.
• Uraria acuminata Kurz
• Uraria balansae Schindl.
• Uraria campanulata (Benth.) Gagnep.
• Uraria candida Backer
• Uraria cochinchinensis Schindl.
• Uraria cordifolia Wall.
• Uraria crinita (L.) Desv. ex DC.
• Uraria gossweileri Baker f.
• Uraria gracilis Prain
• Uraria kurzii Schindl.
• Uraria lacei Craib
• Uraria lagopodioides (L.) DC.
• Uraria lagopus DC.
• Uraria oblonga (Wall. ex Benth.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
• Uraria picta (Jacq.) Desv. ex DC.
• Uraria pierrei Schindl.
• Uraria poilanei Dy Phon
• Uraria prunellifolia Graham ex Baker
• Uraria pseudoacuminata W.Tokaew & Chantar.
• Uraria pulchra Haines
• Uraria rotundata Craib
• Uraria rufescens (DC.) Schindl.
• Uraria sinensis Franch.

References

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist.. Roskov Y.. Kunze T.. Orrell T.. Abucay L.. Paglinawan L.. Culham A.. Bailly N.. Kirk P.. Bourgoin T.. Baillargeon G.. Decock W.. De Wever A.. Didžiulis V.. Species 2000: Reading, UK.. 2014. 9 July 2018.