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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 Malawi: 35 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| abyssinica (A. Rich.) Vatke | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| afraspera J. Léonard | N,C,S | |
| americana L. | S | |
| bracteosa Welw. ex Baker var. bracteosa | N,C | Description, Image |
| cristata Vatke var. cristata | C,S | Description, Image |
| cristata Vatke var. pubescens J.Léonard | S | |
| elaphroxylon (Guill. & Perr.) Taub. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| glauca R.E. Fr. | C,S | Description, Image |
| heurckeana Baker | N,C | |
| indica L. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| leptophylla Harms var. leptophylla | N | |
| megalophylla Harms | S | Description, Image |
| mimosifolia Vatke | N | Description, Image |
| minutiflora Taub. subsp. minutiflora | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| nodulosa (Baker) Baker f.[Agg] | S | Description |
| nodulosa (Baker) Baker f. var. nodulosa | S | Description, Image |
| nyassana Taub. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| nyikensis Baker[NrEnd] | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| oligophylla Harms | N | Description, Image |
| pawekiae Verdc.[NrEnd] | N | |
| pfundii Taub. | S | |
| rubrofarinacea (Taub.) F.White | N,C | |
| schimperi Hochst. ex A. Rich. | N,C,S | |
| schliebenii Harms var. mossambicensis (Baker f.) Verdc. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| semilunaris Hutch. | N | Description, Image |
| sensitiva Sw. | C | |
| solitariiflora J.Léonard | N | |
| sp. C | N | |
| sp. E | N | |
| sparsiflora Baker | N | |
| stolzii Harms | N | |
| tenuirama Welw. ex Baker var. hebecarpa Baker[NrEnd] | N | Description |
| tenuirama Welw. ex Baker var. tenuirama | N,S | |
| trigonocarpa Taub. ex Baker f. | N | Description, Image |
| uniflora E. Mey. var. uniflora | S | Description, Image |
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