Euchlora

Euchlora hirsuta is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is a tuberous geophyte endemic to the Cape Provinces of South Africa.[2] It is the only species included in the genus Euchlora, which is part of tribe Crotalarieae.

Euchlora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Crotalarieae
Genus: Euchlora
Eckl. & Zeyh. (1836)
Species:
E. hirsuta
Binomial name
Euchlora hirsuta
(Thunb.) Druce (1916 publ. 1917)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Crotalaria serpens E.Mey. (1832)
  • Euchlora serpens (E.Mey.) Eckl. & Zeyh. (1836)
  • Lotononis sect. Euchlora (Eckl. & Zeyh.) B.-E. van Wyk 1991
  • Lotononis hirsuta (Thunb.) D.Dietr. (1847)
  • Lotononis serpens (E.Mey.) R.Dahlgren (1964)
  • Microtropis E.Mey. (1836)
  • Microtropis hirsuta (Thunb.) E.Mey. (1836)
  • Ononis hirsuta Thunb. (1800)
  • Rafnia axillaris Willd. ex Walp. (1840), not validly publ.

References
  1. Boatwright JS, Wink M, van Wyk BE (2011). "The generic concept of Lotononis (Crotalarieae, Fabaceae): Reinstatement of the genera Euchlora, Leobordea and Listia and the new genus Ezoloba". Taxon. 60 (1): 161–77. doi:10.1002/tax.601014.
  2. Euchlora hirsuta (Thunb.) Druce. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
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