Stylosanthes
Stylosanthes is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family Fabaceae and contains numerous highly important pasture and forage species. It was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic Pterocarpus clade of the Dalbergieae. The common name pencilflower is sometimes used for plants in this genus.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderFabales
- FamilyFabaceae
Native toAlabama, Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arkansas, Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil North
General: and Stylosanthes are pantropical, Inocarpus Asian, and Chapmannia
via GBIF · Kew POWO
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Dalbergieae
- Image
- Stylosanthes hamata.jpg
Article
6 sectionsContents
- Description
- Taxonomy and range
- Species
- Usage
- Notes
- References
Stylosanthes is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family Fabaceae and contains numerous highly important pasture and forage species. It was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic Pterocarpus clade of the Dalbergieae. The common name pencilflower is sometimes used for plants in this genus.
==Description== The genus is characterised by trifoliate leaves and small yellow flowers Species may be annual or perennial and morphology varies between species as well as within species in response to grazing pressure. Some species such as S. scabra grow as a low woody shrub to 1.5 m, while others such as S. humilis will grow as a herbaceous shrub but can adopt a prostrate growth form and thrive under high grazing pressure.