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Tripodion
Sign in to saveTripodion tetraphyllum is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is an annual herb, commonly known as annual kidney vetch, native to the Mediterranean Basin of southern Europe, North Africa, and western Asia. It grows in the Mediterranean–Sahara transition zone of North Africa, and in anthropic landscapes. It is the sole species in genus Tripodion, which belongs to subfamily Faboideae.
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Vinony's link graph records 6 inbound references to Tripodion, and connects out to plant, Sahara and Carl Linnaeus.
Vinony files it under Flora of Malta, Flora of the Mediterranean basin and Free-content attribution.
Vinony links it to 6 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderFabales
- FamilyFabaceae
General: Tripodion with Hammatolobium, reporting that both have lomentaceous
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- taxon name
- Tripodion
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- Tripodion
- taxon common name
- 囊岩豆属
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Tripodion tetraphyllum is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is an annual herb, commonly known as annual kidney vetch, native to the Mediterranean Basin of southern Europe, North Africa, and western Asia. It grows in the Mediterranean–Sahara transition zone of North Africa, and in anthropic landscapes. It is the sole species in genus Tripodion, which belongs to subfamily Faboideae.
The plants have a self-supporting growth form and compound, broad leaves. Individuals can grow to 0.2 m.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tripodion” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.