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133. Kummerowia Schindler, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 403. 1912.
鸡眼草属 ji yan cao shu
Authors: Puhua Huang, Hiroyoshi Ohashi & Tomoyuki Nemoto
Lespedeza subg. Microlespedeza Maximowicz, Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 2: 346, 382. 1873; Microlespedeza (Maximowicz) Makino.
Herbs, annual, usually much branched. Leaves 3-foliolate; stipules membranous, large and persistent, usually longer than petiole, ciliate. Flowers 1 or 2, usually fascicled in axils of leaf, rarely 3 or more. Bracteoles 4, attached to lower part of calyx. Calyx 5-lobed. Corolla pink or purple; standard nearly equal to wings, often shorter than keel. Corolla and staminal column of perfect flowers deciduous at fruiting; corolla and staminal column of cleistogamous flowers clinging to legume and remaining until fruit matures, deciduous. Stamens diadelphous (9+1). Ovary 1-ovuled. Legume compressed, 1-jointed, indehiscent, 1-seeded.
Two species: China, Japan, Korea, and Russia; two species in China.
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Branchlets with downward-pointing hairs; leaflets with apex usually rounded; stipules long ciliate; pedicel glabrous; legume ca. 2 × as long as calyx or slightly longer. |
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1 K. striata |
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Branchlets with upward-pointing hairs; leaflets with apex emarginate; stipules shortly ciliate; pedicel pubescent; legume 2.5-3 × as long as calyx. |
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2 K. stipulacea |
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