Pellucid punctate3/30/2023 Hierbas o sufrútices postrados a erectos, los tallos basales a veces leñosos o subleñosos, las ramitas glabras o pubescentes, sin espinas estípulas peltadas y auriculadas, persistentes. Fruit a loment of 2-15 articles, compressed, the upper suture nearly straight, the lower deeply sinuate, articu- lations glabrous to puberulent or pilose, smooth or echinate, usually reticulate, indehiscent seeds black or dark brown, orbicular to subreniform, estrophiolate. Flowers 5-merous calyx subhya- line, the tube short, 5-lobed, usually 5- to 10-nerved, ciliate, the 2 upper lobes connate nearly to the apex, the 2 lateral lobes much shorter, the lowest oblong or lanceolate, subequal to the upper lip corolla yellow, orange yellow, or rarely white, frequently purple striate, the standard suborbicular, clawed, to 17 mm long, the wings obliquely obovate or oblong, shorter than standard, usually clawed and auriculate, the keel incurved, subrostrate, smaller than the wings stamens 10, monadelphous, the filaments connate into a closed tube, splitting dorsally, persistent, the anthers alternately longer, subbasifixed, and short, ver- satile ovary sessile, the ovules 2-several, campylotropous, the style filiform, persistent basally, the stigma minute, terminal. Inflorescence spicate, rarely racemose, terminal or axillary, interrupted to congested, 1- to several- flowered bracts paired, lateral, stipuliform, 3- to 15-nerved, sometimes punctate, enclosing a sessile flower bracteoles absent. Leaves digitately 2- or 4-fo- liolate leaflets often pellucid-punctate, exstipellate stipules subfoliaceous, paired, peltate, auriculate, 3- to 11-nerved, often punctate. Īnnual herbs or suffruticose perennials to 2 m tall stems diffusely branched, prostrate and spreading to upright and ascending. A monograph on the leguminous genus Zornia. Género pantropical con ca 75 especies principalmente del Nuevo Mundo, desde los Estados Unidos a Argentina 6 especies se conocen en Nicaragua. Lomentos articulados, glabros o pubescentes, a veces con tricomas retrorso-setosos semillas ovoides, pequeñas, comprimidas, estrofioladas. Inflorescencias espigas axilares y terminales, laxas o congestionadas, flores generalmente amarillas, sésiles en las axilas de las brácteas apareadas cáliz 5-partido, basalmente unido en un tubo corto, lobos desiguales pétalos amarillos, amarillos con rojo o anaranjado, raramente blancos, estandarte suborbicular, alas más cortas que el estandarte, unguiculadas, auriculadas, quilla incurvada, menor que las alas estambres 10, monadelfos, filamentos en una columna, 5 anteras versátiles pequeñas alternando con 5 sub-basifijas grandes ovario subsésil, óvulos 1varios, estilo curvado, estigma pequeño y terminal. ![]() Hojas digitadamente compuestas folíolos 2 (en Nicaragua) ó 4, opuestos, estipelas ausentes estípulas apareadas y generalmente persistentes, auriculadas. ![]() Herbáceas anuales o perennes, erectas o decumbentes.
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