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Amicia zygomeris

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Amicia zygomeris, the yoke-leaved amicia, is a woody plant in the legume family Fabaceae, native to Mexico. Grown as an ornamental plant, it is said to be hardy down to −10 °C (14 °F)[1][2]

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Amicia zygomeris
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Amicia
Species:
A. zygomeris
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Amicia zygomeris
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Etymology

Amicia was named for Jean Baptiste Amici (1786-1863), an Italian physicist.[3] Zygomeris is derived from Greek, meaning 'with twinned parts’.[3]

Description

Amicia zygomeris is a vigorous, erect, medium-sized shrub. Its stems, which are usually herbaceous, are hollow, downy and greenish. It has pinnate leaves that arise from leafy, inflated, purplish stipules. The leaves have four leaflets, which are obovate and notched. The flowers are borne in autumn, in short racemes arising from the axils; they are yellow with purple flecks.[4]

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