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.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| 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.
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Species
editMicrocharis 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
edit- ^ a b c d Microcharis Benth. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Microcharis". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
- ^ 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.
External links
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