Alysicarpus

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Desmodieae
Subtribus: Desmodiinae
Genus: Alysicarpus
Species: A. aurantiacus – A. belgaumensis – A. brownii – A. bupleurifolius – A. ferrugineus – A. gamblei – A. gautalensis – A. glumaceus – A. hamosus – A. hendersonii – A. heterophyllus – A. heyneanus – A. longifolius – A. luteovexillatus – A. major – A. misquittae – A. monilifer – A. muelleri – A. naikianus – A. ovalifolius – A. parviflorus – A. prainii – A. pubescens – A. quartinianus – A. racemosus – A. roxburghianus – A. rugosus – A. salim-alii – A. sanjappae – A. saplianus – A. scariosus – A. schomburgkii – A. sedgwickii – A. suffruticosus – A. tetragonolobus – A. vaginalis – A. yunnanensis – A. zeyheri
Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Alysicarpus in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Nov 16. Reference page.

Name

Alysicarpus Desv., 1813

Type: Hedysarum bupleurifolium Herb. Wight ex Wallich. = Alysicarpus bupleurifolius (L.) DC., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 2: 352 (1825)

Synonyms

Desmodiastrum (Prain) A.Pramanik & Thoth. This is disputed as Govaerts do not cite a source for their synonymy.
Fabricia Scop.
Hallia J.St.-Hil.
Hegetschweilera Heer & Regel

Note: COL does not accept this synonymy preferring to segregate Desmodiastrum (Prain) A.Pramanik & Thoth., also see Ohashi et al. (2017) who also provide evidence for the segregation.
Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Tropical & Subtropical Old World
Afghanistan, Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Central African Repu, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, Congo, Djibouti, East Himalaya, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Gulf States, Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laccadive Is., Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Rodrigues, Rwanda, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Socotra, Solomon Is., Somalia, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Uganda, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Introduced into:
Alabama, Andaman Is., Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., Chagos Archipelago, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Colombia, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Fiji, Florida, French Guiana, Georgia, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Southwest, Nauru, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Panamá, Puerto Rico, Seychelles, Society Is., Southwest Caribbean, Suriname, Texas, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Wallis-Futuna Is., Windward Is.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Desvaux, N.A., 1813. Journal de Botanique, Appliquée à l'Agriculture, à la Pharmacie, à la Médecine et aux Arts 1: 120

Additional references

Ohashi, K., Nemoto, T., Nata, K. & Ohashi, H. 2017. Pollen Morphology of the Genus Desmodiastrum (Leguminosae Subfam. Papilionoideae Tribe Desmodieae). Journal of Japanese Botany [Shokubutsu Kenkyu Zasshi] 92(5): 283-293. ResearchGate Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Alysicarpus in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Nov. 16. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. Nov. 16. Alysicarpus. Published online. Accessed: {{{3}}} Nov. 16.
Hassler, M. 2020. Alysicarpus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Nov. 16. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2020. Alysicarpus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: {{{3}}} Nov. 16 2020.

Alysicarpus is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is distributed in tropical and subtropical regions[2] of Africa, Asia and Australia.[1] Species are known generally as moneyworts.[3] Unusually for legumes, the leaves are simple (not compound).
Species
Alysicarpus longifolius
Alysicarpus vaginalis

As of April 2020, Plants of the World Online recognised the following species:[1]

Alysicarpus aurantiacus Pedley
Alysicarpus belgaumensis Wight
Alysicarpus bracteus X.F.Gao
Alysicarpus brownii Schindl.
Alysicarpus bupleurifolius (L.) DC. – sweet alys
Alysicarpus ferrugineus Hochst. & Steud. ex A.Rich.
Alysicarpus gamblei Schindl.
Alysicarpus gautalensis Gholami & A.K.Pandey
Alysicarpus glumaceus (Vahl) DC.
Alysicarpus hamosus Edgew.
Alysicarpus hendersonii Schindl.
Alysicarpus heterophyllus (Baker) Jafri & Ali
Alysicarpus heyneanus Wight & Arn.
Alysicarpus longifolius (Rottler ex Spreng.) Wight & Arn.
Alysicarpus luteovexillatus Naik & Pokle
Alysicarpus major Pedley
Alysicarpus misquittae S.M.Almeida & M.R.Almeida
Alysicarpus monilifer (L.) DC.
Alysicarpus muelleri Schindl.
Alysicarpus naikianus Pokle
Alysicarpus ovalifolius (Schumach.) J.Léonard – alyce clover
Alysicarpus parviflorus Dalzell
Alysicarpus pokleanus Gholami & A.K.Pandey
Alysicarpus prainii Schindl.
Alysicarpus pubescens Y.W.Law
Alysicarpus quartinianus A.Rich.
Alysicarpus racemosus Benth.
Alysicarpus roxburghianus Thoth. & Pramanik
Alysicarpus rugosus (Willd.) DC. – red moneywort
Alysicarpus rupicola Edgew.
Alysicarpus salim-alii S.M.Almeida & M.R.Almeida
Alysicarpus sanjappae S.Chavan, Sardesai & Pokle
Alysicarpus saplianus Pokle
Alysicarpus scariosus (Rottler ex Spreng.) Graham
Alysicarpus schomburgkii Schindl.
Alysicarpus sedgwickii S.M.Almeida & M.R.Almeida
Alysicarpus suffruticosus Pedley
Alysicarpus tetragonolobus Edgew.
Alysicarpus vaginalis (L.) DC. – white moneywort, buffalo clover, one-leaf clover
Alysicarpus yunnanensis Yen C.Yang & P.H.Huang
Alysicarpus zeyheri Harv.

References

"Alysicarpus". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
Chavan, S., et al. (2012). Alysicarpus sanjappae (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae), a new species from the Western Ghats of India. Kew Bulletin 68 1–4.
Alysicarpus. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).