Alysicarpus

Alysicarpus is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is distributed in tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Asia, and Australia. Species are known generally as moneyworts. Unusually for legumes, the leaves are simple (not compound).

Species

, Plants of the World Online accepts the following 37 species:

• Alysicarpus aurantiacus
• Alysicarpus bhuibavadensis
• Alysicarpus brownii
• Alysicarpus bupleurifolius – sweet alys
• Alysicarpus ferrugineus
• Alysicarpus gamblei
• Alysicarpus gautalensis
• Alysicarpus glumaceus
• Alysicarpus hamosus
• Alysicarpus hendersonii
• Alysicarpus heterophyllus
• Alysicarpus heyneanus
• Alysicarpus longifolius
• Alysicarpus luteovexillatus
• Alysicarpus major
• Alysicarpus misquittae
• Alysicarpus monilifer
• Alysicarpus muelleri
• Alysicarpus naikianus
• Alysicarpus ovalifolius – alyce clover
• Alysicarpus pokleanus
• Alysicarpus prainii
• Alysicarpus pubescens
• Alysicarpus quartinianus
• Alysicarpus roxburghianus
• Alysicarpus rugosus – red moneywort
• Alysicarpus salim-alii
• Alysicarpus sanjappae
• Alysicarpus saplianus
• Alysicarpus scariosus
• Alysicarpus schomburgkii
• Alysicarpus sedgwickii
• Alysicarpus suffruticosus
• Alysicarpus tetragonolobus
• Alysicarpus vaginalis – white moneywort, buffalo clover, one-leaf clover
• Alysicarpus yunnanensis
• Alysicarpus zeyheri

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