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Taxon:  Alysicarpus vaginalis (L.) DC.



Summary
Genus:
Alysicarpus
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Desmodieae
Subtribe:
Desmodiinae
Nomen number:
2740
Place of publication:
Prodr. 2:353. 1825
Verified:
11/17/1986 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
113 (113  active, 46  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Hedysarum vaginale L.

Autonym(s)
Alysicarpus vaginalis (L.) DC. var. vaginalis

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Alysicarpus rupicola Edgew.
Hedysarum cylindricum Poir.
Invalid Designation(s)
Alysicarpus nummulariifolius auct.
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Reference(s)
  1. Aubréville, A. et al., eds. 1960-. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam.
  2. Backer, C. A. & R. C. Bakhuizen van den Brink, Jr. 1963-1968. Flora of Java.
  3. Brunel, J. F. et al., eds. 1984. Flore analytique du Togo. Phanerogames
  4. Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
  5. Duke, J. A. 1981. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance
  6. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). URL: http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Alysicarpus+vaginalis&quantity=1
  7. Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14
  8. Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984-. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
  9. Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 URL: http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:2422827336895397#
  10. Hara, H. et al. 1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
  11. Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
  12. Huang, S. F. & T. C. Huang. 1987. Taxonomic treatment of the Papilionoideae (Leguminosae) of Taiwan. Taiwania 32:11-117.
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  16. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
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  18. Lock, J. M. & K. Simpson. 1991. Legumes of West Asia: a checklist
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  23. Sanjappa, M. 1992. Legumes of India
  24. Schrire, B. D. 1988. A synopsis of the tribe Desmodieae (Fabaceae) in southern Africa. Bothalia 18:18.
  25. Smith, A. C. 1979-1991. Flora vitiensis nova.
  26. 't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 4:42. URL: http://proseanet.org
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  29. Verdcourt, B. 1979. A manual of New Guinea legumes.
  30. Wood, J. R. I. 1997. A handbook of the Yemen flora.
  31. Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943-1980. Flora of Panama. Note: introduced
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Common names
English
alyce-clover –
buffalo-bur –
buffalo-clover –
one-leaf-clover –
French
alysicarpus –
Italian
trifoglio d'alice –
Spanish
maní cimarrón –
Transcribed Chinese
lian jia dou –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudan  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaYemenSocotra 
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaAngola  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZambia  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaEswatini  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaKwaZulu-Natal 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaLimpopo 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaMpumalanga 
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGhana  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNiger  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaSierra Leone  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaTogo  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaDemocratic Republic of the Congo  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaGabon  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaRwanda  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaSao Tome and Principe  
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanMauritius  
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanReunion  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaOman  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaYemen  
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanRyukyu Islands 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaTaiwan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaCambodia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaLaos  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaVietnam  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippines  
1NativeAsia-TropicalPapuasiaPapua New Guinea  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalPapuasiaPapua New Guinea  
2CultivatedNorthern America United States s.e.
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustralia n.
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNorthern Territory 
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaQueensland 
4NaturalizedNorthern America United States  
4NaturalizedSouthern America South America  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaPanama  
Native
Africa
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Sudan, Yemen [Socotra]
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ghana, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Eswatini, South Africa [KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga]
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Mauritius, Reunion
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: Oman, Yemen
  • EASTERN ASIA: Japan [Ryukyu Islands], Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan
  • PAPUASIA: Papua New Guinea
  • INDO-CHINA: Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam
  • MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
  • PAPUASIA: Papua New Guinea
Northern America
  • REGION: United States (s.e.)
Naturalized
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [Queensland, Northern Territory], Australia (n.) [Queensland, Northern Territory]
Northern America
  • REGION: United States
Southern America
  • CENTRAL AMERICA: Panama
  • REGION: South America
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodfodder 't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 4:42. URL: http://proseanet.org
Animal foodforage 't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 4:42. URL: http://proseanet.org
Environmentalsoil improver Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 URL: http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:2422827336895397#


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