Dichilus Dc.

Genus

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae

Characteristics

Standard pale yellow, oblong to subcircular, sharply reflexed, auriculate; claw well developed, with calluses at the apex; wings ± two-thirds as long as the keel, with distinct elongate auricles; keel slightly shorter than the standard, rounded at the apex.
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Stamens all joined in a sheath open on the upper side, with longer basifixed anthers alternating with shorter dorsifixed anthers, the carinal anther intermediate.
Leaves digitately 3-foliolate, petiolate; stipules inconspicuous or absent, up to 1 mm long and caducous if present.
Pods pointing upwards, narrowly oblong to linear, laterally compressed between the seeds, dehiscent, 1–8-seeded.
Flowers small, in short terminal or leaf-opposed racemes; bracts and bracteoles small.
Seeds rounded to very shortly oblong, with a small hilar sinus on the short side.
Calyx shorter than the corolla, 2-lipped, the upper lip bifid, the lower trifid.
Style tapered, curved up to a small capitate terminal stigma.
Small slender-stemmed shrubs.
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Images

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Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:22246-1
WFO ID wfo-4000011419
COL ID 44LV
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Synonyms

Melinospermum Dichilus

Lower taxons

Dichilus gracilis Dichilus strictus Dichilus lebeckioides Dichilus pilosus Dichilus reflexus