Pycnospora

Pycnospora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Embryophytes
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Spermatophytes
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)
Synonyms
	Synonymy 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) ;

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

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

References

Pycnospora R.Br. ex Wight & Arn. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
Williams, Paul R.; Congdon, Robert A.; Grice, Anthony C.; Clarke, Peter J. (28 June 2008). "Germinable soil seed banks in a tropical savanna: seasonal dynamics and effects of fire.: TROPICAL SEED BANK DYNAMICS AND FIRE". Austral Ecology. 30 (1): 79–90. doi:10.1111/j.1442-9993.2004.01426.x.

[powo-1] Pycnospora R.Br. ex Wight & Arn. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 September 2023.

[2] Williams, Paul R.; Congdon, Robert A.; Grice, Anthony C.; Clarke, Peter J. (28 June 2008). "Germinable soil seed banks in a tropical savanna: seasonal dynamics and effects of fire.: TROPICAL SEED BANK DYNAMICS AND FIRE". Austral Ecology. 30 (1): 79–90. doi:10.1111/j.1442-9993.2004.01426.x.

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