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LISTIA E. Mey.
Martins, E.S. et al. (2003) Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(7)
Annual or perennial herbs. Stipules present. Leaves usually digitately 3-foliolate; lateral leaflets often much smaller than terminal. Inflorescence terminal, but often leaf-opposed and appearing axillary, racemose or subumbellate, 1-many-flowered. Calyx 5-lobed, the upper 4 united higher up than the lower lobe, which is often narrower. Standard usually ovate or obovate with a short linear-oblong claw. Stamens all united in a tube; anthers dimorphic. Pod oblong, slightly inflated. Seeds usually numerous. Worldwide: 120 species, mostly in South Africa, extending to the Mediterranean region and India Botswana: 5 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| bainesii Baker | SW,SE | |
| brachyantha Harms | N,SW,SE | |
| crumanina Burch. ex Benth. | SE | |
| listii Polhill | N,SE | Description, Image |
| platycarpa (Viv.) Pic. Serm. | N,SW,SE |
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