Uraria
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| Uraria | |
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| Uraria rufescens | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Tribe: | Desmodieae |
| Subtribe: | Desmodiinae |
| Genus: | Uraria Desv. (1813) |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Doodia Roxb. (1832) | |
Uraria[2] is a genus of plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes 24 species of shrubs and subshrubs native to sub-Saharan Africa, the Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, China, Malesia, Papuasia, Australia, and the South Pacific. Typical habitats are seasonally-dry tropical woodland or grassland.[1] It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae and the tribe Desmodieae.
24 species are accepted by Plants of the World Online.[1]
- Uraria acaulis Schindl.
- Uraria acuminata Kurz
- Uraria balansae Schindl.
- Uraria campanulata (Benth.) Gagnep.
- Uraria candida Backer
- Uraria cochinchinensis Schindl.
- Uraria cordifolia Wall.
- Uraria crinita (L.) Desv. ex DC.
- Uraria gossweileri Baker f.
- Uraria gracilis Prain
- Uraria kurzii Schindl.
- Uraria lacei Craib
- Uraria lagopodioides (L.) DC.
- Uraria lagopus DC.
- Uraria oblonga (Wall. ex Benth.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
- Uraria picta (Jacq.) Desv. ex DC.
- Uraria pierrei Schindl.
- Uraria poilanei Dy Phon
- Uraria prunellifolia Graham ex Baker
- Uraria pseudoacuminata W.Tokaew & Chantar.
- Uraria pulchra Haines
- Uraria rotundata Craib
- Uraria rufescens (DC.) Schindl.
- Uraria sinensis Franch.
