Microcharis

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]

Microcharis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Tribe:	Indigofereae
Genus:	Microcharis Benth. (1865)
Type species
Microcharis tenella Benth.
Species[1]
36; see text
Synonyms[2]
Indigofera subgenus Microcharis (Benth.) J.B. Gillett 1958 Indigofera subgenus Indigastrum sensu Cronquist 1954 Indigofera sensu Hutch. 1964

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