Zornia Explained

Zornia is a cosmopolitan genus of herbs from the legume family Fabaceae. It was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic Adesmia clade of the Dalbergieae.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Species

Zornia comprises the following species:^{[4] [5]}

• Zornia acuta S.T. Reynolds & A.E. Holland
• Zornia adenophora (Domin) Mohlenbr.
• Zornia albiflora Mohlenbr.
• Zornia albolutescens Mohlenbr.

• Zornia apiculata Milne-Redh.
• Zornia areolata Mohlenbr.

• Zornia baliensis Mohlenbr.

• Zornia bracteata J.F. Gmel.
• Zornia brasiliensis Vogel
• Zornia brevipes Milne-Redh.
• Zornia burkartii Vanni

• Zornia cantoniensis Mohlenbr.
• Zornia capensis Pers.
• Zornia cearensis Huber
• Zornia chaetophora F. Muell.

• Zornia contorta Mohlenbr.
• Zornia crinita (Mohlenbr.) Vanni
• Zornia cryptantha Arechav.
• Zornia curvata Mohlenbr.
• Zornia decussata Fort.-Perez, G.P. Lewis & A.M.G. Azevedo
• Zornia diphylla (L.) Pers.

• Zornia disticha S.T. Reynolds & A.E. Holland
• Zornia durumuensis De Wild.
• Zornia dyctiocarpa DC.
  • var. dyctiocarpa DC.
  • var. filifolia (Domin) S. T. Reynolds & A. E. Holland
• Zornia echinata Mohlenbr.
• Zornia echinocarpa (Meissner) Benth.

• Zornia filifoliola Pittier
• Zornia fimbriata Mohlenbr.
• Zornia flemmingioides Moric.
• Zornia floribunda S.T. Reynolds & A.E. Holland
• Zornia gardneriana Moric.
• Zornia gemella (Willd.) Vogel
• Zornia gibbosa Span.
• Zornia glabra Desv.
• Zornia glaziovii Harms
• Zornia glochidiata DC.

• Zornia grandiflora Fort.-Perez & A.M.G.Azevedo
• Zornia guanipensis Pittier
• Zornia harmsiana Standl.

• Zornia hebecarpa Mohlenbr.
• Zornia herbacea Pittier

• Zornia intecta Mohlenbr.
• Zornia laevis Schltdl. & Cham.

• Zornia lasiocarpa A.R. Molina
• Zornia latifolia Sm.

• Zornia leptophylla (Benth.) Pittier
• Zornia linearis E. Mey.

• Zornia maritima S.T. Reynolds & A.E. Holland
• Zornia megistocarpa Mohlenbr.
• Zornia melanocarpa Fort-Perez
• Zornia microphylla Desv.
• Zornia milneana Mohlenbr.
• Zornia muelleriana Mohlenbr.
• Zornia multinervosa Bacigalupo
• Zornia muriculata Mohlenbr.
• Zornia myriadena Benth.

• Zornia nuda Vogel

• Zornia oligantha S.T. Reynolds & A.E. Holland
• Zornia orbiculata Mohlenbr.
• Zornia ovata Vogel^[6]
• Zornia pallida Mohlenbr.
• Zornia papuensis Mohlenbr.
• Zornia pardina Mohlenbr.
• Zornia pedunculata S.T. Reynolds & A.E. Holland

• Zornia piurensis Mohlenbr.
• Zornia pratensis Milne-Redh.
  • subsp. barbata J. Léonard & Milne-Redh.
  • subsp. pratensis Milne-Redh.
  • var. glabrior Milne-Redh.
  • var. pratensis Milne-Redh.
• Zornia puberula Mohlenbr.

• Zornia punctatissima Milne-Redh.
• Zornia quilonensis Ravi
• Zornia ramboiana Mohlenbr.
• Zornia ramosa S.T. Reynolds & A.E. Holland
• Zornia reptans Harms
• Zornia reticulata Sm.
• Zornia sericea Moric.

• Zornia setosa Baker f.
  • subsp. obovata Baker f.
  • subsp. setosa (Baker f.) J. Léonard & Milne-Redh.
• Zornia sinaloensis Mohlenbr.

• Zornia songeensis Milne-Redh.
• Zornia stirlingii Domin

• Zornia subsessilis Fort.-Perez & A.M.G.Azevedo

• Zornia tenuifolia Moric.

• Zornia thymifolia Kunth
• Zornia trachycarpa Vogel

• Zornia ulei Harms
• Zornia vaughaniana Mohlenbr.
• Zornia venosa Mohlenbr.
• Zornia vestita Mohlenbr.

• Zornia virgata Moric.
• Zornia walkeri Arn.

• Zornia zollingeri Mohlenbr.

Notes and References

1. Lavin M, Pennington RT, Klitgaard BB, Sprent JI, de Lima HC, Gasson PE . 2001 . The dalbergioid legumes (Fabaceae): delimitation of a pantropical monophyletic clade . . 88 . 3 . 503–33 . 11250829 . 10.2307/2657116. 2657116 .
2. Cardoso D, Pennington RT, de Queiroz LP, Boatwright JS, Van Wyk BE, Wojciechowskie MF, Lavin M . 2013 . Reconstructing the deep-branching relationships of the papilionoid legumes . . 89 . 58–75 . 10.1016/j.sajb.2013.05.001 . free . 10566/3193 . free .
3. Fortuna-Perez AP, Silva MJ, Queiroz L, Lewis GP, Simoes AO, Tozzi AM, Sarkinen T, Souza AP . 2013 . Phylogeny and biogeography of the genus Zornia (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae: Dalbergieae) . . 62 . 4 . 723–32 . 10.12705/624.35.
4. Web site: ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Zornia . . International Legume Database & Information Service . Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics . 5 February 2014 .
5. Web site: GRIN species records of Zornia . USDA . USDA . ARS . Agricultural Research Service . National Genetic Resources Program . Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database] . National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland . 5 February 2014 .
6. Some sources treat Zornia ovata as a synonym of Zornia sericea.