Biology:Melolobium
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Short description: Genus of legumes
| Melolobium | |
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| Melolobium aethiopicum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Tribe: | Genisteae |
| Genus: | Melolobium Eckl. & Zeyh. |
| Species[1] | |
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14; see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Sphingium E.Mey. (1835) | |
Melolobium is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the legume family, Fabaceae.[1] It includes 14 species of small shrubs or perennial herbs native to southern Africa,[1] which are found in southern and eastern Namibia, southwestern Botswana, and most of South Africa .
These plants are perennial herbs and small shrubs. Leaves are often sticky with exudate from small surface glands. Some have spine-tipped branches.[1] 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:[1][3][4]
- Melolobium adenodes Eckl. & Zeyh.
- Melolobium aethiopicum (L.) Druce
- Melolobium alpinum Eckl. & Zeyh.
- Melolobium calycinum Benth.
- Melolobium candicans (E. Mey.) Eckl. & Zeyh.
- Melolobium exudans Harv.
- Melolobium humile Eckl. & Zeyh.
- Melolobium lampolobum (E.Mey.) Moteetee & B.-E.van Wyk
- Melolobium macrocalyx Dümmer
- Melolobium microphyllum (L.f.) Eckl. & Zeyh.
- Melolobium obcordatum Harv.
- Melolobium stipulatum Harv.
- Melolobium subspicatum Conrath
- Melolobium wilmsii Harms
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Melolobium Eckl. & Zeyh. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
- ↑ Moteetee, A., & van Wyk, B. E. (2006). A revision of the genus Melolobium (Genisteae, Fabacaeae). South African Journal of Botany, 72(1), 51-98.
- ↑ "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Melolobium". Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. http://www.ildis.org/LegumeWeb?version~10.01&genus~Melolobium&species~. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
- ↑ USDA; ARS. "GRIN species records of Melolobium". National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?7448. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
Wikidata ☰ Q5220933 entry
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