Cyclocarpa Afzel. ex Urb.

First published in Jahrb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 3: 247 (1884)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical Old World.

Descriptions

Legumes of the World. Edited by G. Lewis, B. Schrire, B. MacKinder & M. Lock. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. (2005)

Habit
Erect annual herb
Ecology
Seasonally dry tropical grassland, in damp places, rock fissures, seepage zones and pond edges, often on cultivated land
Distribution
widely distributed in the Paleotropics, through Zambezian and Sudanian Africa, Indo-China, Malesia to N Australia
Note
Traditionally cited as Cyclocarpa Afzel. ex Baker (1871) but this is considered as a provisional description (i.e., made in observation). Placed by Rudd (1981) in tribe Aeschynomeneae, subtribe Aeschynomeninae; Lavin et al. (2001a) resolved Cyclocarpa in the Dalbergia clade together with the remaining members of Aeschynomeninae sensu Rudd (1981) (Fig. 40)
[LOWO]

Leguminosae, J. B. Gillett, R. M. Polhill & B. Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1971

Morphology General Habit
Erect or spreading annual herb, mostly branched and tufted
Morphology Leaves
Leaves alternate, sensitive, paripinnate; stipules membranous, spurred; stipels absent
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescences umbel-like racemes, 1–4-flowered; bracts and bracteoles small, thin
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers small, yellow
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx deciduous, 2-lipped, the lips almost entire
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Standard obovate, emarginate, shortly clawed; wings oblong, shortly clawed, finely denticulate above, marked with a few small pockets; keel obtuse, spurred, finely denticulate above
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Stamens all joined, the tube split completely unilaterally or for half its length to form 2 bundles of 5, or with the vexillary filament free; anthers uniform
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
Ovary linear, falcate, subsessile, many-ovuled; style curved, inflexed; stigma small, terminal
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pods narrow, compressed, coiled into a ring or a spiral, minutely roughened on the margins; articles 8–11, separating, the nerve persistent after they have fallen
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds broadly irregularly reniform; hilum minute, eccentric.
[FTEA]

Leguminosae, B. Verdcourt. Flora Zambesiaca 3:6. 2000

Morphology General Habit
Erect or spreading annual herbs, mostly branched and tufted.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves alternate, sensitive, paripinnate; stipules membranous, spurred; stipels absent.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescences umbel-like racemes, 1–4-flowered; bracts and bracteoles small, thin.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers small, yellow.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx deciduous, 2-lipped; lips almost entire.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Standard obovate, emarginate, shortly clawed; wings oblong, shortly clawed, finely denticulate above, marked with a few small pockets; keel obtuse, spurred, finely denticulate above.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Stamens all joined, the tube split completely unilaterally or for half its length to form 2 bundles of 5, or with the vexillary filament free; anthers uniform.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
Ovary linear, falcate, subsessile, many-ovuled; style curved, inflexed; stigma small, terminal.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruit many-jointed, linear, compressed, coiled into a ring or a spiral, minutely roughened on the margins; articles numerous, separating, the nerve persistent after they have fallen.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds broadly irregularly reniform; hilum minute, eccentric.
[FZ]

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Legumes of the World Online

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0