舞草属 wu cao shu

Authors: Puhua Huang & Hiroyoshi Ohashi

Shrubs, erect. Leaves 3-foliolate, often 1-foliolate by reduction of lateral leaflets; stipules early deciduous; stipels scarious; ter­minal leaflet petiolulate, much larger than lateral ones. Inflorescences terminal and axillary, paniculate or racemose; bracts decidu­ous; bracteole absent. Calyx membranous, broadly campanulate, 5-lobed; upper lobe distinctly 2-toothed at apex. Corolla much longer than calyx; standard often oblique, nearly orbicular, base minutely clawed, not auriculate; wings nearly half-deltoid, base auriculate, clawed; keel falcate, not auriculate. Stamens diadelphous. Gynoecium linear, 6-13-ovuled. Legume 5-9-jointed, de­hiscent along lower suture, lower suture undulate, upper suture not indented, lateral surfaces not reticulate veined, with dense minute uncinate and straight hairs. Seeds obliquely transversely elliptic, arillate; cotyledons epigeous.

Two species: SE Asia; both species in China.

In the protologue, the spelling "Codoriocalyx" was used, although the name has usually been spelled "Codariocalyx."

Lower Taxa

• Codoriocalyx gyroides (Roxburgh ex Link) Hasskarl
• Codoriocalyx motorius (Houttuyn) H. Ohashi