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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 | Provinces | Content |
abyssinica (A. Rich.) Vatke | N,W,C | Cb,N,C,Lk | Description, Image |
afraspera J. Léonard | E | E | |
baumii Harms var. baumii | N,W | Nw,N | Description, Image |
baumii Harms var. kassneri (Harms) Verdc. | N | N | |
bracteosa Welw. ex Baker var. bracteosa | N,W,C | Nw,Cb,N,Mc,C,Lk,W | Description, Image |
bracteosa Baker var. delicatula (Baker f.) Verdc. | N | N | |
bracteosa Baker var. major Verdc. [DD] | N | Lp | |
cristata Vatke var. cristata | B,N,S | Lp | Description, Image |
cristata Vatke var. pubescens J.Léonard | N | Lp | |
elaphroxylon (Guill. & Perr.) Taub. | N,Lk,W | Description, Image | |
fluitans Peter | B,N,S | Lp,S,W | Description, Image |
fulgida Baker | N,W,C | Nw,N,Mc,C | Description, Image |
glabrescens Baker var. glabrescens | Nw | ||
glauca R.E. Fr. | N,W,C | Nw,Cb,N,Mc,C | Description, Image |
heurckeana Baker | N,W | Cb,Lp,C | |
indica L. | B,N,W,C,E,S | Lk,S,W | Description, Image |
katangensis De Wild. subsp. sublignosa (De Wild.) J.Léonard | W | Cb | |
lateriticola Verdc. [VU] | W | Nw | |
leptophylla Harms var. leptophylla | N,C,E | N,Lk | |
mediocris Verdc. | B,W,S | Cb,S,W | |
mimosifolia Vatke | N,E | N,E,C | Description, Image |
minutiflora Taub. subsp. minutiflora | C,E,S | E,C,Lk,S | Description, Image |
mossoensis J.Léonard var. pubescens J.Léonard | N | N | |
multicaulis Harms | N | N | |
nilotica Taub. | B,N,S | N,C | |
nyassana Taub. | N,W,C | Nw,Cb,N,Mc,C | Description, Image |
oligophylla Harms | E | Mc | Description, Image |
pararubrofarinacea J. Léonard | W | Nw | |
pfundii Taub. | N,S | N,S | |
pseudoglabrescens Verdc. [End][LR-lc] | N,W | Cb,N | Description |
pygmaea Baker var. hebecarpa J.Léonard | N,W | Nw,N | |
rubrofarinacea (Taub.) F.White | N,W,?C,E | Cb,Mc,C,W | |
schimperi Hochst. ex A. Rich. | N,W,C,E | N | |
schliebenii Harms var. mossambicensis (Baker f.) Verdc. | E | E | Description, Image |
semilunaris Hutch. | N,C,E | N,Mc,C | Description, Image |
solitariiflora J.Léonard | N,E | N,Mc | |
sp. D | W | Cb,Lp,C | |
sparsiflora Baker | N | Mc | |
stipulosa Verdc. [End][VU] | W | Nw | Description |
tenuirama Welw. ex Baker var. hebecarpa Baker[NrEnd] | E | Mc | Description |
tenuirama Welw. ex Baker var. tenuirama | N,W,C | Nw,C | |
trigonocarpa Taub. ex Baker f. | N,C,S | N,C,Lk,S | Description, Image |
uniflora E. Mey. var. uniflora | B,N,S | N,S,W | Description, Image |
venulosa Verdc. var. grandis Verdc. | N | N | |
venulosa Verdc. var. venulosa | N | N |
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