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Genus: Anthyllis

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Rosids > Eurosid I > Fabales > Fabaceae > Subfamily: Papilionoideae

Three species are cultivated in southern Africa.

Species cultivated in southern Africa

List from Glen (2002).

Anthyllis barba-jovis

Native to southern Europe.

 

Anthyllis tetraphylla

Native to the Mediterranean.

 

Anthyllis vulneraria (Kidney-vetch, Lady's fingers)

Native to Europe, North Africa and western Asia.

 

Links

Publications

  • Glen, H.F. 2002. Cultivated Plants of Southern Africa. Jacana, Johannesburg.