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Austrodolichos
Sign in to saveAustrodolichos is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It includes a single species, Austrodolichos errabundus, native to northern Australia.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 5
- With media
- 3
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Collections
- MEL
- Recorded in
- Australia
Wikidata facts
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Phaseolinae
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- taxon name
- Austrodolichos
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- genus
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Austrodolichos is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It includes a single species, Austrodolichos errabundus, native to northern Australia.
==Description== These plants are vines with tuberous roots. The stems are covered in simple hairs. Leaves are 3-foliolate with upper surfaces darker than the lower surface. The inflorescences are axillary, with one or two stemmed pink to purple flowers.
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