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Mackinder, B. et al. (2001) Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(5)
Climbing or prostrate, rarely erect, herbs or subshrubs. Stipules present. Leaves 1-or 3-foliolate; leaflets usually with conspicuous resinous gland-dots beneath. Flowers spreading. Calyx 5-lobed, lobes unequal, the upper pair ± joined. Corolla frequently yellow, lined with brownish-purple. Ovary (1-)2-ovulate. Pods 3-4 × as long as broad, almost circular to narrowly oblong, flattened, often falcate, frequently glandular and velvety. Seeds flattened-spherical or subreniform; funicle inserted at middle of the circular hilum. Derivation of name: Gk. rhynchos, a beak, snout or horn, referring to the keel of the flowers Worldwide: c. 300 species, tropics Botswana: 15 taxa. The larvae of the following species of insect eat species of this genus:
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| albissima Gand. | ||
| caribaea (Jacq.) DC. var. caribaea | ||
| densiflora (Roth) DC. subsp. chrysadenia (Taub.) Verdc. | N,SE | |
| densiflora (Roth) DC. subsp. debilis (G.Don) Verdc. | N | |
| fleckii Schinz | SW,SE | |
| holosericea Schinz | N,SW,SE | |
| minima (L.) DC.[Agg] | N,SE | Description, Image |
| minima (L.) DC. var. minima | N,SE | |
| minima (L.) DC. var. prostrata (Harv.) Meikle | N | |
| nyasica Baker | ||
| resinosa (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) Baker | Description, Image | |
| stipitata Verdc. | N,SE | Description, Image |
| sublobata (Schumach. & Thonn.) Meikle | N,SW | Description, Image |
| totta (Thunb.) DC. var. totta | ||
| totta (Thunb.) DC. var. fenchelii Schinz | N,SW,SE | Description |
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