Sphaerophysa

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: Galegeae
Genus: Sphaerophysa
Species: S. kotschyana - S. salsula
Name

Sphaerophysa DC., 1825
Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate
Afghanistan, Altay, China North-Central, Chita, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Lebanon-Syria, Manchuria, Mongolia, Qinghai, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Uzbekistan, Xinjiang
Introduced into:
Argentina Northwest, Arizona, California, Central European Rus, Colorado, Iraq, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming
Doubtfully present in:
South European Russi

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

De Candolle, A.P. 1825. Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive enumeratio contracta ordinum, generum, specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarum, juxta methodi naturalis normas digesta. Pars 2: Sistens Calyciflorarum ordines X. 644 pp. Treuttel et Würtz, Parisiis [Paris]. BHL Reference page. : 2: 270

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Sphaerophysa in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Jan 11. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Sphaerophysa. Published online. Accessed: Jan 11 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Sphaerophysa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Jan 11.
Hassler, M. 2021. Sphaerophysa. 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. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Jan 11. Reference page.

Vernacular names

Sphaerophysa is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae.

The species distributed from West Asia, Central Asia, Siberia and East Asia.[1] There are two species:[2][1]

Sphaerophysa kotschyana is a sensitive plant endemic to Central Anatolia.[2]
Sphaerophysa salsula, on the other hand, is an Asian plant that is well-known on other continents as an introduced species and sometimes a weed.

References

"Sphaerophysa DC". Scientific Database of Chinese Plant Species (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2016-04-04. Retrieved 2019-07-04.
DURAN, A.; MARTİN, E.; ÖZTÜRK, M.; ÇETİN, Ö.; DİNÇ, M.; ÖZDEMİR, A. (2010). "Morphological, karyological and ecological features of halophytic endemic Sphaerophysa kotschyana Boiss. (Fabaceae) in Turkey" (PDF). Biological Diversity and Conservation. 3 (2): 163–9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-08. Retrieved 2019-07-04.