3657.000 Lotononis (DC.) Eckl. & Zeyh.

LISTIA E. Mey.

Martins, E.S. et al. (2003) Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(7)

Description of the genus

Annual or perennial herbs. Stipules present. Leaves usually digitately 3-foliolate; lateral leaflets often much smaller than terminal. Inflorescence terminal, but often leaf-opposed and appearing axillary, racemose or subumbellate, 1-many-flowered. Calyx 5-lobed, the upper 4 united higher up than the lower lobe, which is often narrower. Standard usually ovate or obovate with a short linear-oblong claw. Stamens all united in a tube; anthers dimorphic. Pod oblong, slightly inflated. Seeds usually numerous.

Worldwide: 120 species, mostly in South Africa, extending to the Mediterranean region and India

Zimbabwe: 10 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
brachyantha Harms	S
calycina (E. Mey.) Benth.	E
decumbens (Thunb.) B.-E. van Wyk subsp. rehmannii (Dummer) B.-E. van Wyk	E
eriantha Benth.	E
laxa Eckl. & Zeyh.	C,E
listii Polhill	N,W,C,E,S	Description, Image
mucronata Conrath	E
platycarpa (Viv.) Pic. Serm.	N,W,S
serpentinicola Wild[End][LR-lc]	N,C,S
stipulosa Baker f.	N,W,C,E,S

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