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* ''[[Orbexilum gracile]]'' <small>(Torr. & A. Gray) B.L. Turner 2008</small>
* ''[[Orbexilum gracile]]'' <small>(Torr. & A. Gray) B.L. Turner 2008</small>
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* ''[[Orbexilum lupinellum]]'' <small>(Michx.) Isely 1986</small>
* ''[[Orbexilum lupinellus]]'' <small>(Michx.) Isely 1986</small> <ref>{{IPNI|id=281687-2|taxon=Orbexilum lupinellus}}</ref>
* †''[[Orbexilum macrophyllum]]'' <small>(Rowlee) Rydb. 1919</small> – bigleaf scurfpea<ref>{{Cite web|last=LeGrand|first=H|last2=Sorrie|first2=B|date=2021|title=Account for Bigleaf Scurfpea|url=https://auth1.dpr.ncparks.gov/flora/species_account.php?id=1574|url-status=live|access-date=May 26, 2021|website=Vascular Plants of North Carolina|publisher=North Carolina Biodiversity Project and North Carolina State Parks}}</ref>
* †''[[Orbexilum macrophyllum]]'' <small>(Rowlee) Rydb. 1919</small> – bigleaf scurfpea<ref>{{Cite web|last=LeGrand|first=H|last2=Sorrie|first2=B|date=2021|title=Account for Bigleaf Scurfpea|url=https://auth1.dpr.ncparks.gov/flora/species_account.php?id=1574|url-status=live|access-date=May 26, 2021|website=Vascular Plants of North Carolina|publisher=North Carolina Biodiversity Project and North Carolina State Parks}}</ref>
* ''[[Orbexilum melanocarpum]]'' <small>(Benth.) Rydb. 1919</small>
* ''[[Orbexilum melanocarpum]]'' <small>(Benth.) Rydb. 1919</small>

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Orbexilum
Orbexilum pedunculatum
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Orbexilum

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Orbexilum, commonly called leather-root,[1] is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family (Fabaceae). They are native to North America, where they are found in the United States and Mexico, south to Chiapas.[2]

This genus can be distinguished from other genera in the Psoraleeae by its "thick glabrous pod walls that are distinctively rugose and by [a] calyx that is scarcely accrescent."[3]

Species

Orbexilum comprises the following species:[3]

References

  1. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Orbexilum". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  2. ^ Alan Weakley (2015). "Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States".
  3. ^ a b Turner BL. (2008). "Revision of the genus Orbexilum (Fabaceae: Psoraleeae)" (PDF). Lundellia. 11: 1–7.
  4. ^ "Orbexilum lupinellus". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries; Australian National Botanic Gardens.
  5. ^ LeGrand, H; Sorrie, B (2021). "Account for Bigleaf Scurfpea". Vascular Plants of North Carolina. North Carolina Biodiversity Project and North Carolina State Parks. Retrieved May 26, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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