Microcharis

Microcharis is a genus of flowering plants. It includes 36 species of herbs and shrublets native to Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. The genus is in tribe Indigofereae of family Fabaceae. Typical habitats include seasonally-dry tropical forest margins, woodland, thicket, wooded grassland, and grassland, often in damp, swampy, or riverine areas, or in shallow soil over rocks.

==Species== Microcharis comprises the following species: Microcharis ammophila (Thulin) Schrire Microcharis angolensis Baker Microcharis annua (Milne-Redh.) Schrire Microcharis aphylla (R.Vig.) Schrire, Du Puy & Labat Microcharis asparagoides (Taub.) Schrire Microcharis brevistaminea (J.B.Gillett) Schrire Microcharis buchneri (Taub.) Schrire Microcharis butayei (De Wild.) Schrire Microcharis cana (Thulin) Schrire Microcharis contorta (J.B.Gillett) Schrire Microcharis cufodontii (Chiov.) Schrire Microcharis disjuncta (J.B.Gillett) Schrire var. disjuncta (J.B.Gillett) Schrire var. fallax (J.B. Gillett) Schrire Microcharis ephemera (J.B.Gillett) Schrire Microcharis galpinii N.E.Br. Microcharis garissaensis (J.B.Gillett) Schrire Microcharis gyrata (Thulin) Schrire Microcharis karinensis (Thulin) Schrire Microcharis kucharii (Thulin) Schrire Microcharis latifolia Benth. Microcharis longicalyx (J.B.Gillett) Schrire Microcharis medicaginea (Baker) Schrire Microcharis microcharoides (Taub.) Schrire var. latistipulata (J.B. Gillett) Schrire var. microcharoides (Taub.) Schrire Microcharis nematophylla Thulin Microcharis omissa Thulin Microcharis phyllogramme (R.Vig.) Schrire Microcharis praetermissa (Baker f.) Schrire Microcharis remotiflora (Baker f.) Schrire Microcharis sessilis (Thulin) Schrire Microcharis spathulata (J.B.Gillett) Schrire Microcharis stipulosa (Chiov.) Schrire Microcharis tenella Benth. Microcharis tenuirostris (Thulin) Schrire Microcharis tisserantii (Pellegr.) Schrire Microcharis tritoides (Baker) Schrire subsp. obbiadensis (Chiov.) Schrire subsp. tritoides (Baker) Schrire Microcharis wajirensis (J.B.Gillett) Schrire Microcharis welwitschii (Baker) Schrire