Melolobium
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Melolobium
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Melolobium is a genus of 15[2] species of flowering plants belonging to the legume family, Fabaceae. It is native to southern Africa, where it is found in south and east Namibia, southwest Botswana, and most of South Africa.
These plants are perennial herbs and small shrubs. Many are spiny. The leaves have three leaflets. The inflorescence is a terminal raceme of flowers. The flowers are yellow, sometimes fading orange or purple.[2]
Species
Melolobium comprises the following species:[3][4][5]
- Melolobium accedens Burtt Davy
- Melolobium adenodes Eckl. & Zeyh.
- Melolobium aethiopicum (L.) Druce
- Melolobium alpinum Eckl. & Zeyh.
- Melolobium burchellii N.E. Br.
- Melolobium calycinum Benth.
- Melolobium canaliculatum (E. Mey.) Benth.
- Melolobium candicans (E. Mey.) Eckl. & Zeyh.
- Melolobium canescens (E. Mey.) Benth.
- Melolobium decorum Dummer
- Melolobium decumbens (E. Mey.) Burtt Davy
- Melolobium exudans Harv.
- Melolobium glanduliferum Dummer
- Melolobium humile Eckl. & Zeyh.
- Melolobium karasbergense L. Bolus
- Melolobium macrocalyx Dummer
- Melolobium microphyllum (L. f.) Eckl. & Zeyh.
- Melolobium mixtum Dummer
- Melolobium obcordatum Harv.
- Melolobium parviflorum Benth.
- Melolobium peglerae Dummer
- Melolobium stipulatum (Thunb.) Harv.
- Melolobium subspicatum Conrath
- Melolobium velutinum E. Mey.
- Melolobium villosum Harms
- Melolobium viscidulum Steud.
- Melolobium wilmsii Harms
Species names with uncertain taxonomic status
The status of the following species is unresolved:[5]
- Melolobium collinum Eckl. & Zeyh.
- Melolobium lampolobum (E.Mey.) Moteetee & B.-E.van Wyk
- Melolobium macrocalyx Dümmer
- Melolobium spicatum Eckl. & Zeyh.
- Melolobium squarrosum Eckl. & Zeyh.
References
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- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Moteetee, A., & van Wyk, B. E. (2006). A revision of the genus Melolobium (Genisteae, Fabacaeae). South African Journal of Botany, 72(1), 51-98.
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