Rhynchosia melanosticta

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Description

Genus Rhynchosia

Climbing , prostrate or sometimes erect herbs or subshrubs . Leaf pinnately trifoliolate ; leaflets conspicuously gland-dotted below, stipules present, stipels small. Inflorescence axillary or terminal ; racemose or paniculate . Bracts present, bracteoles absent. Calyx lobes unequal, upper 2 jointed . Vexillum with small auricles , pubescent or glabrous . Stamens diadelphous , 9+1, vexillary stamen free, anthers uniform . Ovary 1-2-ovuled, style pubescent below, incurved , stigma terminal. Fruit oblong , compressed , 1-2-seeded.

A genus with about 150 species, distributed mainly in the warmer parts of the world, represented by 7 species in Pakistan.[1]

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Plantae () - Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
  - Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae () - Cavalier-Smith, 1981
    - Phylum: Tracheophyta () - Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
      - Subphylum: Euphyllophytina ()
        Class: Spermatopsida () - Brongniart, 1843
        Subclass: Rosidae () - Takhtajan, 1967
        Superorder: Rosanae () - Takhtajan, 1967
        Order: Fabales () - Bromhead, 1838
        Family: Leguminosae () - A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons.
        Subfamily: Papilionoideae ()
        Tribe: Phaseoleae ()
        Genus: Rhynchosia () - Loureiro, 1790, nom. cons. - Snoutbean
        Specific epithet: melanosticta
        Botanical name: - Rhynchosia melanosticta