Argyrolobium

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: Genisteae
Genus: Argyrolobium
Species: A. aciculare – A. adscendens – A. aegacanthoides – A. aequinoctiale – A. amplexicaule – A. angustissimum – A. arabicum – A. argenteum – A. armindae – A. ascendens – A. aptisioides – A. barbatum – A. barikotense – A. biebersteinii – A. campicola – A. candicans – A. catatii – A. collinum – A. confertum – A. crassifolium – A. crinitum – A. crotalarioides – A. dimidiatum – A. eylesii – A. filiforme – A. fischeri – A. flaccidum – A. friesianum – A. frutescens – A. harmsianum – A. harveyanum – A. humile – A. incanum – A. itremoense – A. lanceolatum – A. longifolium – A. lotoides – A. lunare – A. macrophyllum – A. marginatum – A. megarrhizum – A. microphyllum – A. molle – A. mucilagineum – A. muddii – A. nigrescens – A. pachyphyllum – A. parviflorum – A. pauciflorum – A. pedunculare – A. petiolare – A. polyphyllum – A. prilipkoanum – A. pseudotuberosum – A. pulvinatum – A. pumilum – A. purpurascens – A. ramosissimum – A. rarum – A. robustum – A. roseum – A. rotundifolium – A. rupestre – A. saharae – A. schimperianum – A. sericeum – A. sericosemium – A. speciosum – A. splendens – A. stenophyllum – A. stipulaceum – A. stolzii – A. strigosum – A. tomentosum – A. tortum – A. transvaalense – A. trifoliatum – A. tuberosum – A. uniflorum – A. vaginiferum – A. variopile – A. velutinum – A. wilmsii – A. zanonii
Name

Argyrolobium Eckl. & Zeyh., Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral.: 184 (1836).
Synonyms

Heterotypic
Calispepla Vved., Bot. Mater. Gerb. Inst. Bot. Akad. Nauk Uzbeksk. S.S.R. 13: 19 (1952).
Chasmone E.Mey., Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr.: 71 (1836).
Chamaecytisus Vis., Fl. Dalmatica 3: 272. 1852, nom. illeg. non Link (1831).
Dalmatocytisus Trinajstić, Naturaliste Croat. 10: 85 (2001).
Diotolotus Tausch, Flora 25: 284 (1842).
Gamochilum Walp., Linnaea 13: 509 (1840).
Lotophyllus Link, Handbuch 2: 156 (1831).
Macrolotus Harms, Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 7: 89 (1897).
Tephrothamnus Sweet ex Hiern, Cat. Afr. Pl. 1: 204 (1896)
Trichasma Walp., Linnaea 13: 510 (1840).

Distribution
Native distribution areas:
Argyrolobium

Continental: Eurasia & Africa
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Baleares, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Chad, Corse, Cyprus, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, France, Free State, Greece, Gulf States, India, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kenya, Krym, KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Lesotho, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, North Caucasus, Northern Provinces, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Portugal, Rwanda, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Somalia, Spain, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, Western Sahara, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

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

Ecklon, C.F. & Zeyher, C.L.P., 1836. Enumeratio Plantarum Africae Australis: 184
Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Argyrolobium in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jun 20. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2020. Argyrolobium. 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 Jun 20. Reference page.

Vernacular names
հայերեն: Արծաթատերևուկ, խփվուկ

Argyrolobium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. Members of this genus are found in Africa, western and south Asia, and southern Europe.[4][1]
Species

Argyrolobium comprises the following sections and species:[1]
Section Amplexicaule

Argyrolobium amplexicaule (E. Mey.) Dummer
Argyrolobium crinitum Walp.

Section Lunare

Argyrolobium lunare (L.) Druce
subsp. lunare
subsp. sericeum
Argyrolobium splendens Walp.

Section Transvaalense

Argyrolobium baptisioides Walp.
Argyrolobium frutescens Burtt Davy
Argyrolobium longifolium (Meissner) Walp.
Argyrolobium megarrhizum Bolus
Argyrolobium muddii Dummer
Argyrolobium speciosum Eckl. & Zeyh.
subsp. speciosum
subsp. macrophyllum
Argyrolobium transvaalense Schinz
Argyrolobium wilmsii Harms

Section Polyphyllum

Argyrolobium crassifolium Eckl. & Zeyh.
Argyrolobium incanum Eckl. & Zeyh.
Argyrolobium parviflorum T.J.Edwards
Argyrolobium polyphyllum Eckl. & Zeyh.
Argyrolobium tenue (E.Mey.) Walp. (tentatively placed here[1])
Argyrolobium trifoliatum (Thunb.) Druce

Section Argyrolobium

Argyrolobium adscendens Walp.
Argyrolobium aciculare Dummer
Argyrolobium angustissimum (E. Mey.) T.J. Edwards
Argyrolobium argenteum (N.J. Jacq.) Eckl. & Zeyh.
Argyrolobium barbatum Walp.
Argyrolobium campicola Harms
Argyrolobium candicans Eckl. & Zeyh.
Argyrolobium collinum Eckl. & Zeyh.
Argyrolobium filiforme Eckl. & Zeyh.
Argyrolobium harmsianum Harms
Argyrolobium harveyanum Oliv.
Argyrolobium humile E. Phillips
Argyrolobium lotoides Trautv.
Argyrolobium marginatum Bolus
Argyrolobium molle Eckl. & Zeyh.
Argyrolobium pachyphyllum Schltr.
Argyrolobium pauciflorum Eckl. & Zeyh.
subsp. pauciflorum Eckl. & Zeyh.
subsp. semiglabrum Harv.
Argyrolobium petiolare Walp.
Argyrolobium pseudotuberosum T.J.Edwards
Argyrolobium pumilum Eckl. & Zeyh.
Argyrolobium rarum Dummer
Argyrolobium rotundifolium T.J.Edwards
Argyrolobium rupestre (E. Mey.) Walp.
subsp. aberdaricum (Harms) Polhill
subsp. remotum (A. Rich.) Polhill
subsp. rupestre (E. Mey.) Walp.
Argyrolobium sericosemium Harms
Argyrolobium stipulaceum Eckl. & Zeyh.
Argyrolobium tomentosum (Andrews) Druce
Argyrolobium tuberosum Eckl. & Zeyh.
Argyrolobium velutinum Eckl. & Zeyh.

Middle-Eastern and Asian species

The following species are found in the Middle East and in south Asia. They have not been assigned to a section.[2]

Argyrolobium aegacanthoides (Vved.) Moteetee
Argyrolobium arabicum (Decne.) Jaub. & Spach
Argyrolobium barikotense Rech.f.
Argyrolobium biebersteinii P.W. Ball
Argyrolobium confertum Polhill
Argyrolobium crotalarioides Jaub. & Spach
Argyrolobium flaccidum (Royle) Jaub. & Spach
Argyrolobium pulvinatum Rech. f.
Argyrolobium roseum (Cambess.) Jaub. & Spach
var. album (U.C.Bhattach.) L.B.Chaudhary
var. elongatum (Ali) L.B.Chaudhary
var. ornithopodioides (Jaub. & Spach) Moteetee
var. roseum (Cambess.) Jaub. & Spach
var. subuniflorum Boiss.
Argyrolobium stenophyllum Boiss.

Tropical African species

The following species are found in tropical Africa. They have not been assigned to a section.[3]

Argyrolobium aequinoctiale Baker
Argyrolobium eylesii Baker f.
Argyrolobium fischeri Taub.
Argyrolobium friesianum Harms
Argyrolobium macrophyllum Harms
Argyrolobium ramosissimum Baker
Argyrolobium schimperianum A. Rich.
Argyrolobium stolzii Harms
Argyrolobium vaginiferum Harms

Unassigned

The following species have not been assigned to a section.[5][6][7]

Argyrolobium bodkinii Dummer
Argyrolobium catati (Drake) M. Peltier
Argyrolobium itremoense Du Puy & Labat
Argyrolobium microphyllum Ball
Argyrolobium pedunculare Benth.
Argyrolobium saharae Pomel
Argyrolobium terme Walp.
Argyrolobium thomii Harv.
Argyrolobium zanonii (Turra) P.W. Ball

Species names with uncertain taxonomic status

The status of the following species is unresolved:[7]

Argyrolobium adscendens (E. Mey.) Walp. ex Harms
Argyrolobium armindae Marrero Rodr.
Argyrolobium dasycarpum Hochst. ex Baker
Argyrolobium dimidiatum Schinz
Argyrolobium fallax Ball
Argyrolobium filicaule Hochst. ex Engl.
Argyrolobium fulvicaule Hochst. ex Engl.
Argyrolobium krebsianum C.Presl
Argyrolobium monticola Baker f.
Argyrolobium mucilagineum Blatt.
Argyrolobium purpurascens Blatt.
Argyrolobium remotum Hochst. ex A.Rich.
Argyrolobium robustum T.J.Edwards
Argyrolobium sessilifolium Janka
Argyrolobium strigosum Blatt.

Phylogeny

The following relationships have been suggested for the South African species of the genus Argyrolobium:[1]

References

Edwards TJ, van Wyk BE. (2005). "A synopsis of Argyrolobium (tribe Genisteae, Papilionoideae) in South Africa". South African Journal of Botany. 71 (3–4): 380–41. doi:10.1016/S0254-6299(15)30113-7.
Moteetee A, Van Wyk BE (2008). "A synopsis of the Middle-eastern and Asian species of Argyrolobium (Genisteae–Fabaceae)". South African Journal of Botany. 74 (1): 10–24. doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2007.07.007.
Polhill RM (1968). "Argyrolobium Eckl. & Zeyh. (Leguminosae) in tropical Africa". Kew Bulletin. 22 (1): 145–168. doi:10.2307/4107831. JSTOR 4107831.
Argyrolobium Eckl. & Zeyh. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
"ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Argyrolobium". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
USDA; ARS; National Genetic Resources Program. "GRIN species records of Argyrolobium". Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
"The Plant List entry for Argyrolobium". The Plant List. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Missouri Botanical Garden. 2013. Retrieved 15 April 2014.