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A synopsis of the tribe Desmodieae (Fabaceae) in southern Africa

Author(s) -

Brian Schrire

Publication year - 1988

Publication title -

bothalia

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457

H-Index - 20

eISSN - 2311-9284

pISSN - 0006-8241

DOI - 10.4102/abc.v18i1.976

Subject(s) - pantropical , tribe , desmodium , fabaceae , endemism , flora (microbiology) , geography , old world , tropics , subfamily , biology , taxon , ecology , botany , genus , paleontology , biochemistry , sociology , anthropology , bacteria , gene

The tribe Desmodieae has a pantropical distribution and is one of the most advanced tribes in the subfamily Papilionoideae. Its greatest centres of development are in tropical Asia and America. Africa is relatively poorly endowed and only four genera comprising 16 species occur in the flora of southern Africa. Many of these species are widespread in the Old World tropics and the few African endemics appear to be closely related to them. A synopsis of the genera Desmodium, Pseudarthria, Alysicarpus and Lespedeza is given for southern Africa.

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