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Verdcourt, B. (2000) Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(6)
Annual or perennial herbs, subshrubs or shrubs. Stipules present, stipels 0. Leaves alternate or ± paripinnate, 2-many-foliolate. Leaflets subopposite to alternate, asymmetric at base. Inflorescences axillary, less often terminal or leaf-opposed. Bracts entire or 2-3-fid; bracteoles mostly deciduous. Calyx 2-lipped. Corolla usually yellow, orange-yellow or orange, often lined or flushed with purple. Pod linear or elliptic with 1-many articles, usually straight or curved. Worldwide: 150 species in tropical and warm zones Mozambique: 34 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| abyssinica (A. Rich.) Vatke | N,Z,T,MS | Description, Image |
| afraspera J. Léonard | MS | |
| aphylla Wild[NrEnd] | MS | Description, Image |
| chimanimaniensis Verdc.[NrEnd] | MS | Description |
| cristata Vatke var. cristata | N,Z,MS,GI | Description, Image |
| elaphroxylon (Guill. & Perr.) Taub. | N | Description, Image |
| fluitans Peter | MS | Description, Image |
| glauca R.E. Fr. | N,T | Description, Image |
| grandistipulata Harms[NrEnd][LR-nt] | MS | Description, Image |
| heurckeana Baker | N | |
| indica L. | N,Z,T,MS,GI,M | Description, Image |
| inyangensis Wild[NrEnd] | MS | Description |
| megalophylla Harms | MS | Description, Image |
| micrantha (Poir.) DC. | GI,M | |
| mimosifolia Vatke | N,MS | Description, Image |
| minutiflora Taub. subsp. grandiflora Verdc.[End] | N,Z | |
| minutiflora Taub. subsp. minutiflora | N,T | Description, Image |
| mossambicensis Verdc. subsp. mossambicensis [End] | N,Z,MS | Description, Image |
| nematopoda Harms | N | |
| nodulosa (Baker) Baker f. var. glabrescens J.B. Gillett | MS | Description, Image |
| nodulosa (Baker) Baker f.[Agg] | Z,T,MS | Description |
| nodulosa (Baker) Baker f. var. nodulosa | Z,T,MS | Description, Image |
| nyassana Taub. | N,Z,T,MS | Description, Image |
| pawekiae Verdc.[NrEnd] | N | |
| pfundii Taub. | GI | |
| rhodesiaca Harms | MS | Description, Image |
| schimperi Hochst. ex A. Rich. | N,Z,MS | |
| schliebenii Harms var. mossambicensis (Baker f.) Verdc. | N,T | Description, Image |
| sensitiva Sw. | N | |
| sp. A | MS | |
| sp. B | MS | |
| sp. E | N | |
| tenuirama Welw. ex Baker var. tenuirama | N | |
| uniflora E. Mey. var. uniflora | N,Z,M | Description, Image |
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