Aeschynomene Linnaeus. Jointvetch.
A genus of about 115 species, herbs and shrubs, pantropical and warm temperate. The genus as currently circumscribed includes at least three disparate clades (Cardoso et al. 2019), one of which has been removed (Cardoso et al. 2020) as Ctenodon.
Ref: Arrighi et al. (2013); Cardoso et al. (2019); Cardoso et al. (2020); Carulli, Tucker, & Dill (1988); Isely (1998); Rudd (1955); Rudd & Raveill (2023b) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2023a); Vanni (2016). Show full citations.
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© Gary P. Fleming | Aeschynomene virginica | Original Image ⭷
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