Uraria

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: Uraria
Species: U. acaulis – U. acuminata – U. balansae – U. campanulata – U. candida – U. cochinchinensis – U. cordifolia – U. crinita – U. gossweileri – U. gracilis – U. kurzii – U. lacei – U. lagopodioides – U. lagopus – U. oblonga – U. picta – U. pierrei – U. poilanei – U. prunellifolia – U. rotundata – U. rufescens – U. sinensis
Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Uraria in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Nov 22. Reference page.

Name

Uraria Desv., J. Bot. Agric. 1: 122 (1813).
Synonyms

Heterotypic
Urariopsis Schindl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 54: 51 (1916).
Doodia Roxb., Fl. Ind. ed. 1832, 3: 365 (1832).

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental:Tropical & Subtropical Old World
Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Burkina, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Congo, East Himalaya, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Northern Territory, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Rwanda, Samoa, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Uganda, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., West Himalaya, Western Australia, Zaïre
Introduced into:
Niue, Tonga

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: 122

Additional references

De Haas, A.J.P., Bosman, M.T.M. & Geesink, R. 1980. Urariopsis reduced to Uraria (Leguminosae-Papilionoideae). Blumea 26: 439–444.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Uraria in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Nov 22. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Uraria. Published online. Accessed: Nov 22 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Uraria. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Nov 22.
Catalogue of Life: 2020 Annual Checklist

Uraria[1] is a genus of plants in the family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae and the tribe Desmodieae.

Species

Plants of the World lists:[2]

Uraria acaulis Schindl.
Uraria acuminata Kurz
Uraria balansae Schindl.
Uraria barbaticaulis Iokawa, T.Nemoto, J.Murata & H.Ohashi
Uraria campanulata (Benth.) Gagnep.
Uraria candida Backer
Uraria cochinchinensis Schindl.
Uraria cordifolia Wall.
Uraria crinita (L.) Desv. ex DC.
Uraria gossweileri Baker f.
Uraria gracilis Prain
Uraria kurzii Schindl.
Uraria lacei Craib
Uraria lagopodioides (L.) DC.
Uraria lagopus DC.
Uraria picta (Jacq.) Desv. ex DC.
Uraria pierrei Schindl.
Uraria poilanei Dy Phon
Uraria prunellifolia Graham ex Baker
Uraria rotundata Craib
Uraria rufescens (DC.) Schindl.
Uraria sinensis Franch.

Gallery

Uraria crinita
Uraria rufescens W IMG 2673.jpg

References

Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T.; Abucay L.; Paglinawan L.; Culham A.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Decock W.; De Wever A. (2014). Didžiulis V. (ed.). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
Plants of the World Online (POWO: retrieved 9 July 2018)