Argyrolobium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. Members of this genus are found in Africa, western and south Asia, and southern Europe.
Species
Argyrolobium comprises the following sections and species:
Section Amplexicaule
Section Lunare
Section Transvaalense
Section Polyphyllum
Section Argyrolobium
- Argyrolobium rotundifolium <small>T.J.Edwards</small>
- Argyrolobium rupestre <small>(E. Mey.) Walp.</small>
- subsp. aberdaricum <small>(Harms) Polhill</small>
- subsp. remotum <small>(A. Rich.) Polhill</small>
- subsp. rupestre <small>(E. Mey.) Walp.</small>
Middle-Eastern and Asian species
The following species are found in the Middle East and in south Asia. They have not been assigned to a section.
- Argyrolobium pulvinatum <small>Rech. f.</small>
- Argyrolobium roseum <small>(Cambess.) Jaub. & Spach</small>
- var. album <small>(U.C.Bhattach.) L.B.Chaudhary</small>
- var. elongatum <small>(Ali) L.B.Chaudhary</small>
- var. ornithopodioides <small>(Jaub. & Spach) Moteetee</small>
- var. roseum <small>(Cambess.) Jaub. & Spach</small>
- var. subuniflorum <small>Boiss.</small>
- Argyrolobium stenophyllum <small>Boiss.</small>
Tropical African species
The following species are found in tropical Africa. They have not been assigned to a section.
Unassigned
The following species have not been assigned to a section.
Species names with uncertain taxonomic status
The status of the following species is unresolved:
- Argyrolobium adscendens <small>(E. Mey.) Walp. ex Harms</small>
- Argyrolobium armindae <small>Marrero Rodr.</small>
- Argyrolobium dasycarpum <small>Hochst. ex Baker</small>
- Argyrolobium dimidiatum <small>Schinz</small>
- Argyrolobium fallax <small>Ball</small>
- Argyrolobium filicaule <small>Hochst. ex Engl.</small>
- Argyrolobium fulvicaule <small>Hochst. ex Engl.</small>
- Argyrolobium krebsianum <small>C.Presl</small>
- Argyrolobium monticola <small>Baker f.</small>
- Argyrolobium mucilagineum <small>Blatt.</small>
- Argyrolobium purpurascens <small>Blatt.</small>
- Argyrolobium remotum <small>Hochst. ex A.Rich.</small>
- Argyrolobium robustum <small>T.J.Edwards</small>
- Argyrolobium sessilifolium <small>Janka</small>
- Argyrolobium strigosum <small>Blatt.</small>
Phylogeny
The following relationships have been suggested for the South African species of the genus Argyrolobium:
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