Euchlora

Euchlora
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Crotalarieae[1]
Genus: Euchlora
(Eckl. & Zeyh.) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr., 2011[2]
Species: E. hirsuta
Binomial name
Euchlora hirsuta
(Thunb.) Druce, 1917[2]
Synonyms
  • Ononis hirsuta Thunb., 1800
  • Microtropis hirsuta (Thunb.) E. Mey, 1836
  • Lotononis hirsuta (Thunb.) D. Dietr., 1847
  • Crotalaria serpens E. Mey, 1832
  • Euchlora serpens (E. Mey.) Eckl. & Zeyh., 1836
  • Lotononis serpens (E. Mey.) Dahlgr., 1964

Euchlora hirsuta is a species of legume in the family Fabaceae and the tribe Crotalarieae found in South Africa. It is the only species included in the genus Euchlora.

References

  1. Cardoso D, Pennington RT, de Queiroz LP, Boatwright JS, Van Wyk B-E, Wojciechowski MF, Lavin M. (2013). "Reconstructing the deep-branching relationships of the papilionoid legumes". S Afr J Bot 89: 58–75. doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2013.05.001.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Boatwright JS, Wink M, van Wyk B-E. (2011). "The generic concept of Lotononis (Crotalarieae, Fabaceae): Reinstatement of the genera Euchlora, Leobordea and Listia and the new genus Ezoloba". Taxon 60 (1): 161–77.