Microcharis

Microcharis is a genus of flowering plants. It includes 36 species of herbs and shrublets native to Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.[1] The genus is in tribe Indigofereae of family Fabaceae.[3] Typical habitats include seasonally-dry tropical forest margins, woodland, thicket, wooded grassland, and grassland, often in damp, swampy, or riverine areas, or in shallow soil over rocks.</ref name = powo/>

Microcharis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Indigofereae
Genus: Microcharis
Benth. (1865)
Type species
Microcharis tenella
Benth.
Species[1]

36; see text

Synonyms[2]
  • Indigofera subgenus Microcharis (Benth.) J.B. Gillett 1958
  • Indigofera subgenus Indigastrum sensu Cronquist 1954
  • Indigofera sensu Hutch. 1964

Species

Microcharis comprises the following species:[1][2][4][5]

  • Microcharis ammophila (Thulin) Schrire
  • Microcharis angolensis Baker
  • Microcharis annua (Milne-Redh.) Schrire
  • Microcharis aphylla (R.Vig.) Schrire, Du Puy & Labat
  • Microcharis asparagoides (Taub.) Schrire
  • Microcharis brevistaminea (J.B.Gillett) Schrire
  • Microcharis buchneri (Taub.) Schrire
  • Microcharis butayei (De Wild.) Schrire
  • Microcharis cana (Thulin) Schrire
  • Microcharis contorta (J.B.Gillett) Schrire
  • Microcharis cufodontii (Chiov.) Schrire
  • Microcharis disjuncta (J.B.Gillett) Schrire
    • var. disjuncta (J.B.Gillett) Schrire
    • var. fallax (J.B. Gillett) Schrire
  • Microcharis ephemera (J.B.Gillett) Schrire
  • Microcharis galpinii N.E.Br.
  • Microcharis garissaensis (J.B.Gillett) Schrire
  • Microcharis gyrata (Thulin) Schrire
  • Microcharis karinensis (Thulin) Schrire
  • Microcharis kucharii (Thulin) Schrire
  • Microcharis latifolia Benth.
  • Microcharis longicalyx (J.B.Gillett) Schrire
  • Microcharis medicaginea (Baker) Schrire
  • Microcharis microcharoides (Taub.) Schrire
    • var. latistipulata (J.B. Gillett) Schrire
    • var. microcharoides (Taub.) Schrire
  • Microcharis nematophylla Thulin
  • Microcharis omissa Thulin
  • Microcharis phyllogramme (R.Vig.) Schrire
  • Microcharis praetermissa (Baker f.) Schrire
  • Microcharis remotiflora (Baker f.) Schrire
  • Microcharis sessilis (Thulin) Schrire
  • Microcharis spathulata (J.B.Gillett) Schrire
  • Microcharis stipulosa (Chiov.) Schrire
  • Microcharis tenella Benth.
  • Microcharis tenuirostris (Thulin) Schrire
  • Microcharis tisserantii (Pellegr.) Schrire
  • Microcharis tritoides (Baker) Schrire
    • subsp. obbiadensis (Chiov.) Schrire
    • subsp. tritoides (Baker) Schrire
  • Microcharis wajirensis (J.B.Gillett) Schrire
  • Microcharis welwitschii (Baker) Schrire

References
  1. Microcharis Benth. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  2. Schrire BD (1992). "New combinations and resurrected names in Microcharis and Indigastrum (Fabaceae—Papilionoideae)". Bothalia. 22 (2): 165–170. doi:10.4102/abc.v22i2.833.
  3. Schrire BD, Lavin M, Barker NP, Forest F (2009). "Phylogeny of the tribe Indigofereae (Leguminosae-Papilionoideae): Geographically structured more in succulent-rich and temperate settings than in grass-rich environments". Am J Bot. 96 (4): 816–52. doi:10.3732/ajb.0800185. PMID 21628237.
  4. "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Microcharis". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  5. USDA; ARS; National Genetic Resources Program. "GRIN species records of Microcharis". Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
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