Biology:Kotschya

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Short description: Genus of legumes

Kotschya
A sky-blue pea flower
Kotschya strigosa, native to both east and west Africa
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Dalbergieae
Genus: Kotschya
Endl. (1839)
Species

30; see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Sarcobotrya R.Vig. (1952)

Kotschya is a genus of legumes in the family Fabaceae. It includes 30 species native to sub-Saharan Africa.[1] The genus was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic Dalbergia clade of the Dalbergieae.[2][3] It contains the following species:[4][5]

  • Kotschya aeschynomenoides (Baker) Dewit & P.A.Duvign.
  • Kotschya africana Endl.
  • Kotschya bullockii Verdc.
  • Kotschya capitulifera (Baker) Dewit & P.A.Duvign.
  • Kotschya carsonii (Baker) Dewit & P.A.Duvign.
  • Kotschya coalescens Dewit & P.A.Duvign.
  • Kotschya eurycalyx (Harms) Dewit & P.A.Duvign.
  • Kotschya goetzei (Harms) Verdc.
  • Kotschya imbricata Verdc.
  • Kotschya longiloba Verdc.
  • Kotschya lutea (Porteres) Hepper
  • Kotschya micrantha (Harms) Hepper
  • Kotschya ochreata (Taub.) Dewit & P.A.Duvign.
  • Kotschya oubanguiensis (Tisser.) Verdc.
  • Kotschya parvifolia (Burtt Davy) Verdc.
  • Kotschya perrieri (R.Vig.) Verdc.
  • Kotschya platyphylla (Brenan) Verdc.
  • Kotschya princeana (Harms) Verdc.
  • Kotschya prittwitzii (Harms) Verdc.
  • Kotschya recurvifolia (Taub.) F.White
  • Kotschya scaberrima (Taub.) Wild
  • Kotschya schweinfurthii (Taub.) Dewit & P.A.Duvign.
  • Kotschya speciosa (Hutch.) Hepper
  • Kotschya stolonifera (Brenan) Dewit & P.A.Duvign.
  • Kotschya strigosa (Benth.) Dewit & P.A.Duvign.
  • Kotschya strobilantha (Baker) Dewit & P.A.Duvign.
  • Kotschya suberifera Verdc.
  • Kotschya thymodora (Baker f.) Wild
  • Kotschya uguenensis (Taub.) F.White
  • Kotschya uniflora (A.Chev.) Hepper


References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kotschya Endl. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  2. "The dalbergioid legumes (Fabaceae): delimitation of a pantropical monophyletic clade". Am J Bot 88 (3): 503–33. 2001. doi:10.2307/2657116. PMID 11250829. 
  3. "Reconstructing the deep-branching relationships of the papilionoid legumes". S Afr J Bot 89: 58–75. 2013. doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2013.05.001. 
  4. "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Kotschya". Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. http://www.ildis.org/LegumeWeb?version~10.01&genus~Kotschya&species~. Retrieved 7 February 2014. 
  5. USDA; ARS. "GRIN species records of Kotschya". National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?5853. Retrieved 7 February 2014. 

Wikidata ☰ Q5222897 entry