Lespedeza

Lespedeza capitata

Bush clover ( Lespedeza ) is a plant genus in the family Fabaceae ( Faboideae ) within the legume family ( Fabaceae ). The approximately 40 to 60 species are found in East and Southeast Asia spread from the Himalayas to China and Japan to Australia, and North America.

  • 3.1 Notes and references

Description

Appearance and leaves

Bush clover species are herbaceous plants, subshrubs or deciduous shrubs, often with creeping or tow -like overhanging branches. The bark is sometimes hairy fluffy. The alternate arranged leaves are pinnate three parts.

Inflorescences, flowers and fruits

Are formed pendant or racemose inflorescences frets that time. The two flowers are on a durable carrying sheet. At the top of the peduncle are two small high leaflets. The hermaphrodite, zygomorphic flowers are fünfzählig double perianth. The five sepals are fused for a short bell-shaped, the. Calyx with five lobes The corolla has the typical shape of a butterfly blossom. The flag is oblong to obovate. The boat is bent upward and ends blunt. The nailed ( at the base abruptly narrowed ) wings are oblong, auriculate and they adhere to the boat. Nine of the ten stamens are fused together.

The seeded legume does not open.

System

The genus belongs to the subtribe Lespedeza Lespedezinae from the tribe Desmodieae in the subfamily Faboideae within the Fabaceae. A synonym for Lespedeza Michx. is Despeleza Nieuwl ..

The French botanist André Michaux traveler and plant collector gave the genus its name in honor of the Spanish Governor of Florida, Manuel de Céspedes Vincente ( 1746-1802 ). As was transferred instead of the first letter 'C' a, L ', the name Lespedeza arose.

There are about (40 to ) 60 Lespedeza species ( selection):

  • Lespedeza angustifolia ( Pursh ) Elliott
  • Two-colored bush clover ( Lespedeza bicolor Turcz. ): She's coming in Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Zhejiang, Japan, Korea, Russia and perhaps in front of Mongolia.
  • Lespedeza buergeri Miq. It occurs in Anhui, Gansu, Henan, Hubei, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Sichuan, Zhejiang and Japan.
  • Lespedeza capitata Michx.
  • Lespedeza caraganae Bunge: It grows on mountain slopes below 1400 meters in Gansu, Hebei, Henan, Liaoning, Shaanxi, Shandong and perhaps Nei Mongol.
  • Lespedeza chinensis G.Don: It comes at altitudes below 2500 meters in Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Zhejiang and Taiwan before.
  • Chinese bush clover ( Lespedeza cuneata ( Dum.Cours ) G.Don. ): It is used in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Laos, Thailand, Afghanistan, Korea, China, Vietnam, Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines before course. It is, for example, in North America and Australia a neophyte.
  • Lespedeza cyrtobotrya Miq. It occurs in Gansu, Guangdong, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Zhejiang, Japan, Korea and Russia.
  • Lespedeza daurica ( Laxm. ) Schindl.
  • Lespedeza davidii Franch.
  • Lespedeza dunnii Schindl.
  • Lespedeza elegans Cambess. It is native to Kashmir.
  • Lespedeza fasciculiflora Franch. It comes with two varieties at altitudes 1600-3000 meters in Sichuan, Xizang, northwestern Yunnan and Guizhou perhaps before.
  • Lespedeza floribunda Bunge
  • Lespedeza fordii Schindl.
  • Lespedeza formosa ( bird) Koehne
  • Lespedeza forrestii Schindl.
  • Lespedeza frutescens (L.) Hornem.
  • Lespedeza gerardiana Maxim. It occurs in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan and Xizang.
  • Lespedeza hispida ( Franch. ) T.Nemoto & H.Ohashi: It occurs in India, Pakistan, Nepal and the Chinese provinces of Yunnan and Xizang.
  • Lespedeza hirta (L.) Hornem.
  • Lespedeza homoloba Nakai
  • Lespedeza inschanica ( Maxim. ) Schindl. It occurs in Anhui, Gansu, Hebei, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Japan and Korea.
  • Lespedeza japonica LHBailey: it is only known from culture.
  • Lespedeza juncea ( L. f ) Pers. ( Syn: Lespedeza caraganae Bunge, Lespedeza cystoides Nakai, Lespedeza hedysaroides ( Pall. ) Kitag, Lespedeza inschanica ( Maxim. ) Schindl. . ): She comes in Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Shandong, Shanxi, Japan, Korea, Mongolia and Russia's Far East and Eastern Siberia.
  • Lespedeza leptostachya Engelm.
  • Lespedeza lichiyuniae T.Nemoto, H.Ohashi & T.Itoh: It grows in mountain valleys and sunny slopes at altitudes commonly 500 to 1700 ( 200 to 3000 ) meter in the Chinese provinces of Anhui, Chongqing, Gansu, Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Shaanxi, Sichuan and Yunnan. In Japan, she is a neophyte.
  • Lespedeza maximowiczii CKSchneid. It occurs in Japan, Korea and the Chinese provinces of Anhui, Henan and Zhejiang.
  • Lespedeza melanantha Nakai
  • Lespedeza mucronata Ricker: It thrives in arid, sandy locations only in the Chinese provinces of Fujian, Guangdong, Jiangxi and Zhejiang.
  • Lespedeza patens Nakai
  • Lespedeza pilosa ( Thunb. ) sieve. & Zucc. It occurs in Japan, Korea and the Chinese provinces of Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Xizang, and Zhejiang.
  • Lespedeza potaninii Vassilcz. It occurs in the Chinese provinces of Gansu, Hebei, Henan, Jiangsu, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Xizang, and Yunnan.
  • Lespedeza procumbens Michx.
  • Lespedeza repens (L.) W.P.C.Barton
  • Lespedeza schindleri H.Lév.
  • Lespedeza stuevei Nutt.
  • Thunberg's bush clover ( Lespedeza thunbergii ( DC.) Nakai ): It comes with several subspecies in Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Shandong, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang, Taiwan, India, Japan and Korea before.
  • Lespedeza tomentosa ( Thunb. ) sieve. ex Maxim. It is widespread in India, Kashmir, Nepal, Pakistan, China, Japan, Korea, Russia and Mongolia.
  • Lespedeza violacea (L. ) Pers.
  • Lespedeza virgata ( Thunb. ) DC. It comes with at least two varieties in Anhui, Fujian, Guizhou, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Liaoning, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Taiwan, Zhejiang, Japan and Korea before.
  • Lespedeza virginica (L.) Britton

Swell

  • Puhua Huang, Hiroyoshi Ohashi & Tomoyuki Nemoto: Lespedeza, pp. 302 - text the same online as printed work, In: Wu Zheng -yi, Peter H. Raven & Deyuan Hong (eds.): Flora of China, Volume 10 - Fabaceae, Science Press and Missouri Botanical Garden Press, Beijing and St. Louis, 2010. ISBN 978-1-930723-91-7 (Section Description and systematics)
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