Aeschynomene

Aeschynomene is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic Dalbergia clade of the Dalbergieae. They are known commonly as jointvetches. They range across tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas, sub-Saharan Africa, south, southeast, and east Asia, and Australia. These legumes are most common in warm regions and many species are aquatic.

The genus as currently circumscribed is paraphyletic and it has been suggested that the subgenus Ochopodium be elevated to a new genus within the Dalbergieae, though other changes will also be required to render the genus monophyletic. Plants of the World Online currently accepts 114 species.

Species Aeschynomene comprises the following species:

Aeschynomene abyssinica (A. Rich.) Vatke Aeschynomene acapulcensis Rose

Aeschynomene acutangula Baker Aeschynomene afraspera J. Léonard Aeschynomene americana L.—shyleaf var. americana L. var. flabellata Rudd var. glandulosa (Poir.) Rudd Aeschynomene amorphoides (S. Watson) Robinson Aeschynomene angolense Rossberg Aeschynomene aphylla Wild

Aeschynomene aspera L.—sola, sola pith plant, laugauni

Aeschynomene batekensis Troch. & Koechlin Aeschynomene baumii Harms Aeschynomene bella Harms

Aeschynomene benguellensis Torre

Aeschynomene bracteosa Baker Aeschynomene bradei Rudd Aeschynomene brasiliana (Poir.) DC. Aeschynomene brevifolia Poir. Aeschynomene brevipes Benth. Aeschynomene bullockii J. Léonard Aeschynomene burttii Baker f.

Aeschynomene carvalhoi G.P. Lewis

Aeschynomene chimanimaniensis Verdc. Aeschynomene ciliata Vogel

Aeschynomene compacta Rose

Aeschynomene crassicaulis Harms Aeschynomene cristata Vatke—Malagasy jointvetch var. cristata Vatke var. pubescens J. León Aeschynomene curtisiae Johnston Aeschynomene deamii Robinson & Bartlett Aeschynomene debilis Baker

Aeschynomene deightonii Hepper

Aeschynomene denticulata Rudd

Aeschynomene dimidiata Baker

Aeschynomene egena (J.F. Macbr.) Rudd Aeschynomene elaphroxylon (Guill. & Perr.) Taub.—ambatch

Aeschynomene evenia C. Wright—shrubby jointvetch var. evenia C. Wright var. serrulata Rudd Aeschynomene falcata (Poir.) DC.—Australian jointvetch Aeschynomene fascicularis Cham. & Schltdl.

Aeschynomene filosa Benth.

Aeschynomene fluitans Peter Aeschynomene fluminensis Vell. Aeschynomene foliolosa Rudd

Aeschynomene fulgida Baker

Aeschynomene gazensis Baker f. Aeschynomene genistoides (Taub.) Rudd

Aeschynomene glabrescens Baker

Aeschynomene glauca R.E. Fr.

Aeschynomene goetzei Harms Aeschynomene gracilipes Taub. Aeschynomene gracilis Vogel—Puerto Rico jointvetch

Aeschynomene grandistipulata Harms

Aeschynomene guatemalensis (Standl. & Steyerm.) Rudd

Aeschynomene heurckeana Baker Aeschynomene hintonii Sandwith

Aeschynomene histrix Poir.—porcupine jointvetch var. densiflora (Benth.) Rudd var. histrix Poir. var. incana (Vogel) Benth.

Aeschynomene indica L.—Indian jointvetch Aeschynomene interrupta Benth. Aeschynomene inyangensis Wild

Aeschynomene katangensis De Wild. Aeschynomene kerstingii Harms

Aeschynomene langlassei Rudd Aeschynomene latericola Verdc. Aeschynomene lateritia Harms

Aeschynomene laxiflora Baker

Aeschynomene leptophylla Harms Aeschynomene leptostachya Benth.

Aeschynomene lorentziana Bacigalupo & Vanni Aeschynomene lyonnetii Rudd

Aeschynomene magna Rudd Aeschynomene marginata Benth. Aeschynomene martii Benth. Aeschynomene maximistipulata Torre

Aeschynomene mediocris Verdc. Aeschynomene megalophylla Harms

Aeschynomene micranthos (Poir.) DC. Aeschynomene mimosifolia Vatke

Aeschynomene minutiflora Taub. Aeschynomene mollicula Kunth var. breviflora Rudd var. mollicula Kunth

Aeschynomene monteiroi Alf. Fern. & P. Bezerra Aeschynomene montevidensis Vogel Aeschynomene mossambicensis Verdc. Aeschynomene mossoensis J. Léonard

Aeschynomene multicaulis Harms Aeschynomene nana Rudd

Aeschynomene neglecta Hepper Aeschynomene nematopoda Harms Aeschynomene nicaraguensis (Oerst.) Standl.

Aeschynomene nilotica Taub. Aeschynomene nivea Brandegee Aeschynomene nodulosa (Baker) Baker f. var. glabrescens J. B. Gillett var. nodulosa (Baker) Baker f. Aeschynomene nyassana Taub. Aeschynomene nyikensis Baker

Aeschynomene oligophylla Harms

Aeschynomene oroboides Benth. Aeschynomene palmeri Rose

Aeschynomene paniculata Willd. ex Vogel—pannicle jointvetch

Aeschynomene paraguayensis Rudd Aeschynomene pararubrofarinacea J. Léonard Aeschynomene parviflora Micheli Aeschynomene patula Poir.

Aeschynomene paucifolia Vogel Aeschynomene paucifoliolata Micheli

Aeschynomene petraea Robinson Aeschynomene pfundii Taub.

Aeschynomene pinetorum Brandegee

Aeschynomene pleuronervia DC. Aeschynomene pluriarticulata G. Don Aeschynomene podocarpa Vogel Aeschynomene portoricensis Urb.Some sources treat Aeschynomene portoricensis as a synonym of Aeschynomene gracilis. Aeschynomene pratensis Small—meadow jointvetch var. caribaea Rudd var. pratensis Small Aeschynomene pringlei Rose

Aeschynomene pseudoglabrescens Verdc.

Aeschynomene pulchella Baker

Aeschynomene purpusii Brandegee Aeschynomene pygmaea Baker

Aeschynomene racemosa Vogel Aeschynomene rehmannii Schinz var. leptobotrya (Harms ex Baker f.) J. B. Gillett var. rehmannii Schinz

Aeschynomene rhodesiaca Harms

Aeschynomene riedeliana Taub. Aeschynomene rivularis Frapp.

Aeschynomene rosei C.V. Morton Aeschynomene rostrata Benth.

Aeschynomene rubrofarinacea (Taub.) F. White Aeschynomene rubroviolacea J. Léonard Aeschynomene rudis Benth.—zigzag jointvetch Aeschynomene ruspoliana Harms Aeschynomene sansibarica Taub. Aeschynomene scabra G. Don Aeschynomene schimperi A. Rich. Aeschynomene schindleri R. Vig.

Aeschynomene schliebenii Harms var. mossambicensis (Baker f.) Verdc. var. schliebenii Harms

Aeschynomene scoparia Kunth Aeschynomene selloi Vogel Aeschynomene semilunaris Hutch. Aeschynomene sensitiva Sw.—sensitive jointvetch

Aeschynomene siifolia Baker Aeschynomene simulans Rose Aeschynomene solitariiflora J. Léonard Aeschynomene sparsiflora Baker

Aeschynomene standleyi A.R. Molina

Aeschynomene stipitata Burtt Davy Aeschynomene stipulosa Verdc. Aeschynomene stolzii Harms

Aeschynomene tambacoundensis Berhaut

Aeschynomene tenuirama Baker Aeschynomene tenuis Griseb.

Aeschynomene trigonocarpa Baker f. Aeschynomene tsaratanensis Du Puy & Labat

Aeschynomene tumbezensis J.F. Macbr.

Aeschynomene uniflora E. Mey. Aeschynomene unijuga (M.E. Jones) Rudd Aeschynomene upembensis J. Léonard Aeschynomene venulosa Verdc. Aeschynomene vigil Brandegee Aeschynomene villosa Poir. var. longifolia (Micheli) Rudd var. mexicana (Hemsl. & Rose) Rudd var. villosa Poir.

Aeschynomene virginica (L.) Britton & al.—Virginia jointvetch Aeschynomene viscidula Michx. Aeschynomene vogelii Rudd

Aeschynomene warmingii Micheli Aeschynomene weberbaueri Ulbr.

Formerly placed here Ctenodon elegans (as Aeschynomene elegans)

References

External links Jepson Manual Treatment USDA Plants Profile