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Verdcourt, B. (2000) Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(6)
Annual or perennial herbs, subshrubs or shrubs. Stipules present, stipels 0. Leaves alternate or ± paripinnate, 2-many-foliolate. Leaflets subopposite to alternate, asymmetric at base. Inflorescences axillary, less often terminal or leaf-opposed. Bracts entire or 2-3-fid; bracteoles mostly deciduous. Calyx 2-lipped. Corolla usually yellow, orange-yellow or orange, often lined or flushed with purple. Pod linear or elliptic with 1-many articles, usually straight or curved. Worldwide: 150 species in tropical and warm zones Zambia: 45 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| abyssinica (A. Rich.) Vatke | N,W,C | Description, Image |
| afraspera J. Léonard | E | |
| baumii Harms var. kassneri (Harms) Verdc. | N | |
| baumii Harms var. baumii | N,W | Description, Image |
| bracteosa Welw. ex Baker var. bracteosa | N,W,C | Description, Image |
| bracteosa Baker var. major Verdc. [DD] | N | |
| bracteosa Baker var. delicatula (Baker f.) Verdc. | N | |
| cristata Vatke var. pubescens J.Léonard | N | |
| cristata Vatke var. cristata | B,N,S | Description, Image |
| elaphroxylon (Guill. & Perr.) Taub. | Description, Image | |
| fluitans Peter | B,N,S | Description, Image |
| fulgida Baker | N,W,C | Description, Image |
| glabrescens Baker var. glabrescens | ||
| glauca R.E. Fr. | N,W,C | Description, Image |
| heurckeana Baker | N,W | |
| indica L. | B,N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| katangensis De Wild. subsp. sublignosa (De Wild.) J.Léonard | W | |
| lateriticola Verdc. [VU] | W | |
| leptophylla Harms var. leptophylla | N,C,E | |
| mediocris Verdc. | B,W,S | |
| mimosifolia Vatke | N,E | Description, Image |
| minutiflora Taub. subsp. minutiflora | C,E,S | Description, Image |
| mossoensis J.Léonard var. pubescens J.Léonard | N | |
| multicaulis Harms | N | |
| nilotica Taub. | B,N,S | |
| nyassana Taub. | N,W,C | Description, Image |
| oligophylla Harms | E | Description, Image |
| pararubrofarinacea J. Léonard | W | |
| pfundii Taub. | N,S | |
| pseudoglabrescens Verdc. [End][LR-lc] | N,W | Description |
| pygmaea Baker var. hebecarpa J.Léonard | N,W | |
| rubrofarinacea (Taub.) F.White | N,W,?C,E | Image |
| schimperi Hochst. ex A. Rich. | N,W,C,E | |
| schliebenii Harms var. mossambicensis (Baker f.) Verdc. | E | Description, Image |
| semilunaris Hutch. | N,C,E | Description, Image |
| solitariiflora J.Léonard | N,E | |
| sp. D | W | |
| sparsiflora Baker | N | |
| stipulosa Verdc. [End][VU] | W | Description |
| tenuirama Welw. ex Baker var. hebecarpa Baker[NrEnd] | E | Description |
| tenuirama Welw. ex Baker var. tenuirama | N,W,C | |
| trigonocarpa Taub. ex Baker f. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| uniflora E. Mey. var. uniflora | B,N,S | Description, Image |
| venulosa Verdc. var. grandis Verdc. | N | |
| venulosa Verdc. var. venulosa | N |
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