Microcharis

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: Indigofereae
Genus: Microcharis
Species: M. angolensis – M. annua – M. disjuncta – M. galpinii – M. latifolia – M. remotiflora
Name

Microcharis Benth. (1865)

Type species: M. tenella Benth.

References

Bentham, G. in Bentham, G. & Hooker, J.D., 1865: Gen. 1: 501.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Microcharis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Microcharis is a genus of flowering plants. It includes 36 species of herbs and shrublets native to Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.[1] The genus is in tribe Indigofereae of family Fabaceae.[3] 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.[1]
Species

Microcharis comprises the following species:[1][2][4][5]

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

References

Microcharis Benth. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
Schrire BD (1992). "New combinations and resurrected names in Microcharis and Indigastrum (Fabaceae—Papilionoideae)". Bothalia. 22 (2): 165–170. doi:10.4102/abc.v22i2.833.
Schrire BD, Lavin M, Barker NP, Forest F (2009). "Phylogeny of the tribe Indigofereae (Leguminosae-Papilionoideae): Geographically structured more in succulent-rich and temperate settings than in grass-rich environments". Am J Bot. 96 (4): 816–52. doi:10.3732/ajb.0800185. PMID 21628237.
"ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Microcharis". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
USDA; ARS; National Genetic Resources Program. "GRIN species records of Microcharis". Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved 12 February 2017.