Aeschynomene

Genus of legumes

Aeschynomene
Aeschynomene fluitans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Dalbergieae
Genus: Aeschynomene
L. (1753)
Species

114; see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Aedemone Kotschy (1858)
  • Bakerophyton (J.Leonard) Hutch. (1964)
  • Balisaea Taub. (1896)
  • Climacorachis Hemsl. & Rose (1903)
  • Gajati Adans. (1763)
  • Herminiera Guill. & Perr. (1832)
  • Macromiscus Turcz. (1846)
  • Mantodda Adans. (1763)
  • Rochea Scop. (1777), nom. rej.
  • Rueppelia A.Rich. (1847)
  • Secula Small (1913)
  • Segurola Larrañaga (1927)

Aeschynomene is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic Dalbergia clade of the Dalbergieae.[2][3] They are known commonly as jointvetches. They range across tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas, sub-Saharan Africa, south, southeast, and east Asia, and Australia.[1] These legumes are most common in warm regions and many species are aquatic.[2]

The genus as currently circumscribed is paraphyletic and it has been suggested that the subgenus Ochopodium be elevated to a new genus within the Dalbergieae, though other changes will also be required to render the genus monophyletic.[2][3][4][5] Plants of the World Online currently accepts 114 species.[1]

Species

Aeschynomene comprises the following species:[6][7]

  • Aeschynomene abyssinica (A. Rich.) Vatke
  • Aeschynomene acapulcensis Rose
  • Aeschynomene acutangula Baker
  • Aeschynomene afraspera J. Léonard
  • Aeschynomene americana L.—shyleaf
    • var. americana L.
    • var. flabellata Rudd
    • var. glandulosa (Poir.) Rudd
  • Aeschynomene amorphoides (S. Watson) Robinson
  • Aeschynomene angolense Rossberg
  • Aeschynomene aphylla Wild
  • Aeschynomene aspera L.—sola, sola pith plant, laugauni
  • Aeschynomene batekensis Troch. & Koechlin
  • Aeschynomene baumii Harms
  • Aeschynomene bella Harms
  • Aeschynomene benguellensis Torre
  • Aeschynomene bracteosa Baker
  • Aeschynomene bradei Rudd
  • Aeschynomene brasiliana (Poir.) DC.
  • Aeschynomene brevifolia Poir.
  • Aeschynomene brevipes Benth.
  • Aeschynomene bullockii J. Léonard
  • Aeschynomene burttii Baker f.
  • Aeschynomene carvalhoi G.P. Lewis
  • Aeschynomene chimanimaniensis Verdc.
  • Aeschynomene ciliata Vogel
  • Aeschynomene compacta Rose
  • Aeschynomene crassicaulis Harms
  • Aeschynomene cristata Vatke—Malagasy jointvetch
    • var. cristata Vatke
    • var. pubescens J. León
  • Aeschynomene curtisiae Johnston
  • Aeschynomene deamii Robinson & Bartlett
  • Aeschynomene debilis Baker
  • Aeschynomene deightonii Hepper
  • Aeschynomene denticulata Rudd
  • Aeschynomene dimidiata Baker
  • Aeschynomene egena (J.F. Macbr.) Rudd
  • Aeschynomene elaphroxylon (Guill. & Perr.) Taub.—ambatch
  • Aeschynomene evenia C. Wright—shrubby jointvetch
    • var. evenia C. Wright
    • var. serrulata Rudd
  • Aeschynomene falcata (Poir.) DC.—Australian jointvetch
  • Aeschynomene fascicularis Cham. & Schltdl.
  • Aeschynomene filosa Benth.
  • Aeschynomene fluitans Peter
  • Aeschynomene fluminensis Vell.
  • Aeschynomene foliolosa Rudd
  • Aeschynomene fulgida Baker
  • Aeschynomene gazensis Baker f.
  • Aeschynomene genistoides (Taub.) Rudd
  • Aeschynomene glabrescens Baker
  • Aeschynomene glauca R.E. Fr.
  • Aeschynomene goetzei Harms
  • Aeschynomene gracilipes Taub.
  • Aeschynomene gracilis Vogel—Puerto Rico jointvetch
  • Aeschynomene grandistipulata Harms
  • Aeschynomene guatemalensis (Standl. & Steyerm.) Rudd
  • Aeschynomene heurckeana Baker
  • Aeschynomene hintonii Sandwith
  • Aeschynomene histrix Poir.—porcupine jointvetch
    • var. densiflora (Benth.) Rudd
    • var. histrix Poir.
    • var. incana (Vogel) Benth.
  • Aeschynomene indica L.—Indian jointvetch
  • Aeschynomene interrupta Benth.
  • Aeschynomene inyangensis Wild
  • Aeschynomene katangensis De Wild.
  • Aeschynomene kerstingii Harms
  • Aeschynomene langlassei Rudd
  • Aeschynomene latericola Verdc.
  • Aeschynomene lateritia Harms
  • Aeschynomene laxiflora Baker
  • Aeschynomene leptophylla Harms
  • Aeschynomene leptostachya Benth.
  • Aeschynomene lorentziana Bacigalupo & Vanni
  • Aeschynomene lyonnetii Rudd
  • Aeschynomene magna Rudd
  • Aeschynomene marginata Benth.
  • Aeschynomene martii Benth.
  • Aeschynomene maximistipulata Torre
  • Aeschynomene mediocris Verdc.
  • Aeschynomene megalophylla Harms
  • Aeschynomene micranthos (Poir.) DC.
  • Aeschynomene mimosifolia Vatke
  • Aeschynomene minutiflora Taub.
  • Aeschynomene mollicula Kunth
    • var. breviflora Rudd
    • var. mollicula Kunth
  • Aeschynomene monteiroi Alf. Fern. & P. Bezerra
  • Aeschynomene montevidensis Vogel
  • Aeschynomene mossambicensis Verdc.
  • Aeschynomene mossoensis J. Léonard
  • Aeschynomene multicaulis Harms
  • Aeschynomene nana Rudd
  • Aeschynomene neglecta Hepper
  • Aeschynomene nematopoda Harms
  • Aeschynomene nicaraguensis (Oerst.) Standl.
  • Aeschynomene nilotica Taub.
  • Aeschynomene nivea Brandegee
  • Aeschynomene nodulosa (Baker) Baker f.
    • var. glabrescens J. B. Gillett
    • var. nodulosa (Baker) Baker f.
  • Aeschynomene nyassana Taub.
  • Aeschynomene nyikensis Baker
  • Aeschynomene oligophylla Harms
  • Aeschynomene oroboides Benth.
  • Aeschynomene palmeri Rose
  • Aeschynomene paniculata Willd. ex Vogel—pannicle jointvetch
  • Aeschynomene paraguayensis Rudd
  • Aeschynomene pararubrofarinacea J. Léonard
  • Aeschynomene parviflora Micheli
  • Aeschynomene patula Poir.
  • Aeschynomene paucifolia Vogel
  • Aeschynomene paucifoliolata Micheli
  • Aeschynomene petraea Robinson
  • Aeschynomene pfundii Taub.
  • Aeschynomene pinetorum Brandegee
  • Aeschynomene pleuronervia DC.
  • Aeschynomene pluriarticulata G. Don
  • Aeschynomene podocarpa Vogel
  • Aeschynomene portoricensis Urb.[8]
  • Aeschynomene pratensis Small—meadow jointvetch
    • var. caribaea Rudd
    • var. pratensis Small
  • Aeschynomene pringlei Rose
  • Aeschynomene pseudoglabrescens Verdc.
  • Aeschynomene pulchella Baker
  • Aeschynomene purpusii Brandegee
  • Aeschynomene pygmaea Baker
  • Aeschynomene racemosa Vogel
  • Aeschynomene rehmannii Schinz
    • var. leptobotrya (Harms ex Baker f.) J. B. Gillett
    • var. rehmannii Schinz
  • Aeschynomene rhodesiaca Harms
  • Aeschynomene riedeliana Taub.
  • Aeschynomene rivularis Frapp.
  • Aeschynomene rosei C.V. Morton
  • Aeschynomene rostrata Benth.
  • Aeschynomene rubrofarinacea (Taub.) F. White
  • Aeschynomene rubroviolacea J. Léonard
  • Aeschynomene rudis Benth.—zigzag jointvetch
  • Aeschynomene ruspoliana Harms
  • Aeschynomene sansibarica Taub.
  • Aeschynomene scabra G. Don
  • Aeschynomene schimperi A. Rich.
  • Aeschynomene schindleri R. Vig.
  • Aeschynomene schliebenii Harms
    • var. mossambicensis (Baker f.) Verdc.
    • var. schliebenii Harms
  • Aeschynomene scoparia Kunth
  • Aeschynomene selloi Vogel
  • Aeschynomene semilunaris Hutch.
  • Aeschynomene sensitiva Sw.—sensitive jointvetch
  • Aeschynomene siifolia Baker
  • Aeschynomene simulans Rose
  • Aeschynomene solitariiflora J. Léonard
  • Aeschynomene sparsiflora Baker
  • Aeschynomene standleyi A.R. Molina
  • Aeschynomene stipitata Burtt Davy
  • Aeschynomene stipulosa Verdc.
  • Aeschynomene stolzii Harms
  • Aeschynomene tambacoundensis Berhaut
  • Aeschynomene tenuirama Baker
  • Aeschynomene tenuis Griseb.
  • Aeschynomene trigonocarpa Baker f.
  • Aeschynomene tsaratanensis Du Puy & Labat
  • Aeschynomene tumbezensis J.F. Macbr.
  • Aeschynomene uniflora E. Mey.
  • Aeschynomene unijuga (M.E. Jones) Rudd
  • Aeschynomene upembensis J. Léonard
  • Aeschynomene venulosa Verdc.
  • Aeschynomene vigil Brandegee
  • Aeschynomene villosa Poir.
    • var. longifolia (Micheli) Rudd
    • var. mexicana (Hemsl. & Rose) Rudd
    • var. villosa Poir.
  • Aeschynomene virginica (L.) Britton & al.—Virginia jointvetch
  • Aeschynomene viscidula Michx.
  • Aeschynomene vogelii Rudd
  • Aeschynomene warmingii Micheli
  • Aeschynomene weberbaueri Ulbr.

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References

  1. ^ a b c Aeschynomene L. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  2. ^ a b c Lavin M, Pennington RT, Klitgaard BB, Sprent JI, de Lima HC, Gasson PE (2001). "The dalbergioid legumes (Fabaceae): Delimitation of a pantropical monophyletic clade". Am J Bot. 88 (3): 503–33. doi:10.2307/2657116. JSTOR 2657116. PMID 11250829.
  3. ^ a b 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". S Afr J Bot. 89: 58–75. doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2013.05.001. hdl:10566/3193.
  4. ^ Chaintreuil C, Arrighi JF, Giraud E, Miché L, Moulin L, Dreyfus B, Munive-Hernández JA, Villegas-Hernandez MC, Béna G (2013). "Evolution of symbiosis in the legume genus Aeschynomene". New Phytol. 200 (4): 1247–59. doi:10.1111/nph.12424. PMID 23879229.
  5. ^ Ribeiro RA, Lavin M, Lemos-Filho JP, Mendonça-Filho CV, dos Santos FR, Lovato MB (2007). "The genus Machaerium (Leguminosae) is more closely related to Aeschynomene sect. Ochopodium than to Dalbergia: Inferences from combined sequence data". Syst Bot. 32 (4): 762–771. doi:10.1600/036364407783390700.
  6. ^ "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Aeschynomene". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
  7. ^ "GRIN species records of Aeschynomene". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Beltsville, Maryland: National Germplasm Resources Laboratory. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
  8. ^ Some sources treat Aeschynomene portoricensis as a synonym of Aeschynomene gracilis.

External links

  • Jepson Manual Treatment
  • USDA Plants Profile
  • Dressler, S.; Schmidt, M. & Zizka, G. (2014). "Aeschynomene". African plants – a Photo Guide. Frankfurt/Main: Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg.
  • Data related to Aeschynomene at Wikispecies
  • Media related to Aeschynomene at Wikimedia Commons
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