Orbexilum
Orbexilum, commonly called leather-root,[1] is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family (Fabaceae). They are native to North America, where they are found in the United States and Mexico, south to Chiapas.[2]
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This genus can be distinguished from other genera in the Psoraleeae by its "thick glabrous pod walls that are distinctively rugose and by [a] calyx that is scarcely accrescent."[3]
Species
Orbexilum comprises the following species:[3]
- Orbexilum chiapasanum B.L. Turner 2007
- Orbexilum gracile (Torr. & A. Gray) B.L. Turner 2008
- Orbexilum lupinellum (Michx.) Isely 1986
- Orbexilum macrophyllum (Rowlee) Rydb. 1919
- Orbexilum melanocarpum (Benth.) Rydb. 1919
- Orbexilum oliganthum (Brandegee) B.L. Turner 2007
- Orbexilum onobrychis (Nutt.) Rydb. 1919
- Orbexilum pedunculatum (Mill.) Rydb. 1919
- Orbexilum simplex (Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray) Rydb. 1919
- Orbexilum stipulatum (Torr. & A. Gray) Rydb. 1919
- Orbexilum virgatum (Nutt.) Rydb. 1919
References
- "Orbexilum". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
- Alan Weakley (2015). "Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States".
- Turner BL. (2008). "Revision of the genus Orbexilum (Fabaceae: Psoraleeae)" (PDF). Lundellia. 11: 1–7.
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