Ammodendron Fisch. ex Dc.

Genus

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae

Characteristics

Shrubs, silvery-white pubescent. Leaves paripinnate, spinescent at apex of rachis; stipules small; leaflets 1 or 2 pairs. Racemes terminal; bracts small, caducous or absent; bracteoles absent. Calyx tube short, campanulate; teeth subequal, upper 2 slightly joined. Standard circular, reflexed; wings obliquely oblong; keels incurved, 2 lobes free. Stamens 10, free; anthers versatile. Ovary sessile, few ovuled; style incurved, subulate; stigma terminal, small. Legume oblong or lanceolate, flat, narrowly winged along both sutures, indehiscent. Seeds 1 or 2, oblong or subcylindric.
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Images

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Distribution

Ammodendron world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:21632-1
WFO ID wfo-4000001622
COL ID TWN
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Synonyms

Ammodendron

Lower taxons

Ammodendron karelinii Ammodendron conollyi Ammodendron persicum Ammodendron bifolium Ammodendron maxima Ammodendron eichwaldii