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Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms:

1. Hedysarum aequidentatum Sm.
2. Onobrychis aequidentata subsp. foveolata (DC.)Sirj.
3. Onobrychis cretica Desv.
4. Onobrychis foveolata DC.

Notes:

Name Status: Accepted Name. Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Adams B.R., 1993-1996

Physical Description

Family Fabaceae:

The Fabaceae are herbs, vines, shrubs, trees, and lianas found in both temperate and tropical areas. They comprise one of the largest families of flowering plants, numbering 630 genera and 18,000 species. The leaves are stipulate, nearly always alternate, and range from bipinnately or palmately compound to simple. The petiole base is commonly enlarged into a pulvinus that commonly functions in orientation of the leaves (sometimes very responsively, as in the sensitive plant, Mimosa pudica). The flowers are usually bisexual, actinomorphic to zygomorphic, slightly to strongly perigynous, and commonly in racemes, spikes, or heads. The perianth commonly consists of a calyx and corolla of 5 segments each. The androecium consists of commonly 1- many stamens (most commonly 10), distinct or variously united, sometimes some of them reduced to staminodes. The pistil is simple, often stipitate, comprising a single style and stigma, and a superior ovary with one locule containing 2-many marginal ovules. The fruit is usually a legume, sometimes a samara, loment, follicle, indehiscent pod, achene, drupe, or berry. The seeds often have a hard coat with hourglass-shaped cells, and sometimes bear a u-shaped line called a pleurogram. [Carr]

Subfamily Faboideae:

Mostly herbs, shrubs, or trees. Leaves pinnate or palmate to trifoliolate or apparently simple. Corolla usually, showy, zygomorphic, the petals imbricate, posterior (upper or banner) petal outermost in bud. Stamens 10 or 9 + 1 (diadelphous), not showy. Pollen released in monads. Seeds with u-shaped line (pleurogram) lacking. [Carr]

Genus Onobrychis:

Annual or perennial, herbs or undershrubs. Leaf imparipinnate, leaflets entire; stipules free or connate. Inflorescence an axillary pedunculate raceme. Bracts present, bracteoles present or absent. Calyx teeth unequal, linear or suhulate. Corolla pink, purple, yellow or white, often with dark veins. Wing shorter than the vexillum and the keel; keel truncate, obtuse, equal to or longer than the vexillum. Stamens diadelphous, 9+1, anthers uniform. Ovary 1-2-ovuled. Fruit indehiscent, compressed, suborbicular, glabrous or pilose, lanate, with or without hooks, spines or teeth on the crest and disc; 1-2-seeded.

A genus with about 130 species, distributed in Europe, N.Africa, N.E. Tropical Africa and Asia. locally represented by 9 species.^[1]

Habit: Herb • Climbing: Not Climbing

Distribution

Reproduction

Duration: Annual

Similar Species

Members of the genus Onobrychis:

There are approximately 413 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them: O. alba macedonica · O. aliacmonia peloponnesiaca · O. argentea hispanica · O. gracilis bulgaricus · O. hajastana takhtajanii · O. huetiana bornmuelleri · O. megataphros major · O. ornata vanensis · O. paucijuga densipilosa · O. paucijuga subglabra · O. sulphurea pallida · O. tournefortii cappadocica · O. tournefortii nitida · O. 887 · O. acaulis · O. aequidentata (Zacken Esparsette) · O. affinis · O. afghanica · O. afghanica afghanica · O. afghanica brachycalyx · O. afghanica codringtonii · O. africana · O. alatavica · O. alba · O. alba alba · O. alba calcarea · O. alba echinata · O. alba laconica · O. alba mairei · O. alba pentelica · O. alba tenoreana · O. alba var. echinata · O. alba var. striatula · O. albiflora · O. alectorocephale · O. alectorolopha · O. aliacmonia · O. allionii · O. alpicola · O. altissima · O. alyassinicus · O. amoena · O. amoena amoena · O. amoena meshhedensis · O. anasiatica · O. andalanica · O. angustifolia · O. antasiatica · O. araxina · O. arenaria (Sand Esparsette) · O. arenaria arenaria · O. arenaria cana · O. arenaria lasiostachya · O. arenaria miniata · O. arenaria sibirica · O. arenaria taurerica · O. arenaria tommasinii (Sand Esparsette) · O. argaea · O. argentea argentea · O. argentea cadevallii · O. argentea cristata · O. argyrea · O. armata · O. arnacantha · O. atropatana · O. atropatana var. grandiflora · O. aucheri · O. aucheri aucheri · O. aucheri psammophila · O. aucheri teheranica · O. aurea · O. baldshuanica · O. beata · O. melanotricha · O. bellevii · O. bergeriana · O. bertiscea · O. bicornis · O. biebersteinii · O. bithynica · O. bobrovii · O. bornmülleri · O. bornmuelleri · O. bornmulleri · O. brachysemia · O. brnoensis · O. buhseana · O. bungei · O. buxbaumiana · O. buxbaumii · O. cadevallii · O. calcarea var. echinata · O. candidum · O. cappadocica · O. caput-galli (Cockshead Sainfoin) · O. caput-galli var. brevispina · O. caput-gallii · O. carduchorum · O. carpathica · O. chorassanica

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Notes

Contributors:

• BioSystematic Database of World Diptera, 7.0, 2005.
• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2007. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed March 23, 2007.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed January 24, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
• ILDIS

Data Sources:

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal January 26, 2008:

• Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen, Biologiezentrum Linz
• International Plant Genetic Resources Institute(IPGRI), The System-wide Information Network for Genetic Resources
• The Swedish Museum of Natural History
• , Lund Botanical Museum
• UK National Biodiversity Network, Botanical Society of the British Isles - Vascular Plants Database

Identifiers:

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13623296
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:509821-1
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 428308

Footnotes:

1. "Onobrychis". in Flora of Pakistan Page 326. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.