Pycnospora lutescens is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is a subshrub or perennial native to east-central tropical Africa, tropical and subtropical Asia, eastern Malesia, and northern Australia.[1] It is the sole species in genus Pycnospora. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae.[2]
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| Pycnospora |
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| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Plantae |
| Clade: |
Tracheophytes |
| Clade: |
Angiosperms |
| Clade: |
Eudicots |
| Clade: |
Rosids |
| Order: |
Fabales |
| Family: |
Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: |
Faboideae |
| Tribe: |
Desmodieae |
| Subtribe: |
Desmodiinae |
| Genus: |
Pycnospora
R.Br. ex Wight & Arn. (1834) |
| Species: |
P. lutescens |
| Binomial name |
Pycnospora lutescens
(Poir.) Schindl. (1926) |
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| Synonyms[1] |
- Colutea trifoliata (L.) Poir. (1811)
- Crotalaria nallamalayana Rasingam & J.Swamy (2018)
- Crotalaria nervosa Graham (1831), nom. nud.
- Crotalaria tappenbeckiana K.Schum. & Lauterb. (1900)
- Desmodium lutescens (Poir.) DC. (1825)
- Desmodium viride Vogel (1843)
- Flemingia polysperma Moon (1824)
- Hedysarum lutescens Poir. (1805)
- Indigofera desmodioides Benth. ex Baker (1876), not validly publ.
- Meibomia lutescens (Poir.) Kuntze (1891)
- Meibomia viridis (Vogel) Kuntze (1891)
- Phaca trifoliata L. (1771), nom. utique rej.
- Phyllodium lutescens (Poir.) Desv. (1813)
- Pycnospora hedysaroides Benth. (1864), nom. superfl.
- Pycnospora nervosa Wight & Arn. (1834)
- Zornia lutescens (Poir.) Steud. (1821)
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In Africa, Pycnospora lutescens grows in woodland, bushland, grassland, and thicket in the Victoria Basin forest–savanna mosaic, and woodland, bushland, and thicket in the Somali-Masai region of Kenya and Tanzania.[1]