Aeschynomene
Aeschynomene fluitans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Dalbergieae
Genus: Aeschynomene
L. (1753)
Species

114; see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Aedemone Kotschy (1858)
  • Bakerophyton (J.Leonard) Hutch. (1964)
  • Balisaea Taub. (1896)
  • Climacorachis Hemsl. & Rose (1903)
  • Gajati Adans. (1763)
  • Herminiera Guill. & Perr. (1832)
  • Macromiscus Turcz. (1846)
  • Mantodda Adans. (1763)
  • Rochea Scop. (1777), nom. rej.
  • Rueppelia A.Rich. (1847)
  • Secula Small (1913)
  • Segurola Larrañaga (1927)

Aeschynomene is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic Dalbergia clade of the Dalbergieae.[2][3] 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.[1] These legumes are most common in warm regions and many species are aquatic.[2]

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.[2][3][4][5] Plants of the World Online currently accepts 114 species.[1]

Species

Aeschynomene comprises the following species:[6][7]

Formerly placed here

References

  1. ^ a b c Aeschynomene L. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  2. ^ a b c Lavin M, Pennington RT, Klitgaard BB, Sprent JI, de Lima HC, Gasson PE (2001). "The dalbergioid legumes (Fabaceae): Delimitation of a pantropical monophyletic clade". Am J Bot. 88 (3): 503–33. doi:10.2307/2657116. JSTOR 2657116. PMID 11250829.
  3. ^ a b Cardoso D, Pennington RT, de Queiroz LP, Boatwright JS, Van Wyk BE, Wojciechowskie MF, Lavin M (2013). "Reconstructing the deep-branching relationships of the papilionoid legumes". S Afr J Bot. 89: 58–75. doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2013.05.001.
  4. ^ Chaintreuil C, Arrighi JF, Giraud E, Miché L, Moulin L, Dreyfus B, Munive-Hernández JA, Villegas-Hernandez MC, Béna G (2013). "Evolution of symbiosis in the legume genus Aeschynomene". New Phytol. 200 (4): 1247–59. doi:10.1111/nph.12424. PMID 23879229.
  5. ^ Ribeiro RA, Lavin M, Lemos-Filho JP, Mendonça-Filho CV, dos Santos FR, Lovato MB (2007). "The genus Machaerium (Leguminosae) is more closely related to Aeschynomene sect. Ochopodium than to Dalbergia: Inferences from combined sequence data". Syst Bot. 32 (4): 762–771. doi:10.1600/036364407783390700.
  6. ^ "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Aeschynomene". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
  7. ^ "GRIN species records of Aeschynomene". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Beltsville, Maryland: National Germplasm Resources Laboratory. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
  8. ^ Some sources treat Aeschynomene portoricensis as a synonym of Aeschynomene gracilis.

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