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Mackinder, B. et al. (2001) Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(5)
Herbs, shrubs or suffrutices, sometimes climbing. Leaves pinnately or rarely digitately 3-foliolate, often appearing after the flowers. Inflorescences axillary. Calyx with 5 lobes, the upper pair fused to form an entire or 2-fid lip. Corolla usually a shade of purple, sometimes yellow. Standard glabrous outside, often auriculate with small oblong cone-shaped appendages. Style swollen, thickened, with a ring of hairs around the terminal capitate stigma. Pods flattened laterally. Worldwide: 60 species in the Old World tropics, principally in Africa Zambia: 23 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Provinces | Content |
| bianoensis R.Wilczek subsp. orientalis Verdc. | N | N | |
| brevidentatus Mackinder | B,W | Nw,W | |
| filifoliolus Verdc. [DD] | N,W | Nw,Lk | |
| glabrescens R.Wilczek | W | Cb | |
| gululu De Wild. | N,W,C | Nw,Lp,N,C,Lk | |
| ichthyophone Verdc. var. sunzuensis Mackinder | N | N | |
| kilimandscharicus Harms ex Taub. subsp. kilimandscharicus | B,N,W,C,E,S | Nw,N,Mc,Lk,S,W | Description, Image |
| linearifolius I.M. Johnst. | B,C,S | C,S,W | |
| lualabensis R.Wilczek subsp. ufipaensis Verdc. | N,W,E | Cb,N,E,C | Description, Image |
| magnificus Verdc. [DD] | B,N | Nw | Description |
| mendoncae Torre | B,W | Nw | |
| oliveri Schweinf. | C | Lk | |
| petiolatus R.Wilczek | N,S | Nw,Lp,C | |
| pseudocajanus Welw. ex Baker | N | N | |
| pseudocomplanatus R.Wilczek [NrEnd] | N,W | Nw,N | Description, Image |
| sericeus E. Mey. subsp. sericeus | E | Mc | Description, Image |
| simplicifolius Hook. f. | W | Cb | |
| subcapitatus R.Wilczek var. angustifolius Mackinder | W | Nw | Description |
| subcapitatus R.Wilczek var. subcapitatus | N,W | Cb,N | Description |
| trilobus L. subsp. trilobus | N,S | N,C | |
| trilobus L. subsp. trilobus var. richardsiae Mackinder | N | N | |
| trinervatus Baker | B,N,W,C,E | Nw,N,E,Lk,W | Description, Image |
| xiphophyllus Baker | N | N |
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