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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Microcharis

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

About 35 species, native to Africa, Madagascar and the Arabian Peninsula, with four species in southern Africa.

Species native to southern Africa

List from Plants of southern Africa - an online checklist (SANBI) and Flora of Zimbabwe.

Microcharis annua

[= Indigofera annua]

Recorded from Zimbabwe.

 

Microcharis disjuncta

 

Microcharis galpinii

[= Indigofera pseudo-indigofera]

 

Microcharis latifolia

[= Indigofera lobata]