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Erect or prostrate, annual or perennial herbs. Stipules well-developed with a downwardly directed spur; stipels 0. Leaves digitately 2-or 4-foliolate. Inflorescence spicate, terminal or axillary. Bracts prominent, paired, resembling the stipules, ciliate, gland-dotted. Calyx hyaline, ciliate, 5-lobed. Corolla yellow or orange-yellow, often striped with purple. Stamens monadelphous. Pods sessile, 2-15-jointed, covered with numerous barbed spreading bristles.
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Zornia Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=743
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Zornia

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Zornia is a cosmopolitan genus of herbs from the legume family Fabaceae. It was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic Adesmia clade of the Dalbergieae.[2][3][4]

Species

Zornia comprises the following species:[5][6]

References

  1. ^ "Zornia information from NPGS/GRIN". www.ars-grin.gov. Retrieved 2008-12-04.
  2. ^ 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. ^ 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. ^ Fortuna-Perez AP, Silva MJ, Queiroz L, Lewis GP, Simoes AO, Tozzi AM, Sarkinen T, Souza AP (2013). "Phylogeny and biogeography of the genus Zornia (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae: Dalbergieae)". Taxon. 62 (4): 723–32. doi:10.12705/624.35.
  5. ^ "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Zornia". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
  6. ^ USDA; ARS; National Genetic Resources Program. "GRIN species records of Zornia". Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
  7. ^ Some sources treat Zornia ovata as a synonym of Zornia sericea.
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Zornia: Brief Summary

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Zornia is a cosmopolitan genus of herbs from the legume family Fabaceae. It was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic Adesmia clade of the Dalbergieae.

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