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Snoutbeans
Rhynchosia
Rhynchosia, also known as snoutbean, is a genus of plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes 260 species of herbs, vines, and subshrubs native to tropical, subtropical, and warm temperate regions around the world, ranging from the southern United States to northern Argentina in the Americas, and through Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, southern Asia from Iran to Korea and Japan, New Guinea, and Australia. Typical habitats include seasonally-dry forest, forest margins, woodland, thicket, wooded grassland, shrubland, and grassland, often in open rocky areas, disturbed areas, or along streams. Many species are pyrophytes. There are several different complexes within the genus, including the Senna complex.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Least Snoutbean
speciesRhynchosia minima
Texas Snoutbean
speciesRhynchosia senna
Dollarleaf
speciesRhynchosia reniformis
American snoutbean
speciesRhynchosia americana
Caribbean snoutbean
speciesRhynchosia caribaea
Oneleaf Snoutbean
speciesRhynchosia monophylla
Winding snoutbean
speciesRhynchosia volubilis
Broad-leaf snoutbean
speciesRhynchosia latifolia
Carpet Snoutbean
speciesRhynchosia totta
Twining Snoutbean
speciesRhynchosia tomentosa
rosary snoutbean
speciesRhynchosia precatoria
Shiny Snoutbean
speciesRhynchosia leucoscias
Michaux's snoutbean
speciesRhynchosia michauxii
Brownhair Snoutbean
speciesRhynchosia cinerea
Silver Snoutbean
speciesRhynchosia nitens
Royal Snoutbean
speciesRhynchosia cytisoides
Rhynchosia acuminatifolia
speciesRhynchosia acuminatifolia
Grommet Snoutpea
speciesRhynchosia ferulifolia
Doubleform Snoutbean
speciesRhynchosia difformis
Goldhair Snoutbean
speciesRhynchosia chrysoscias
Chihuahuan snoutbean
speciesRhynchosia edulis
Monyamali Snoutbean
speciesRhynchosia adenodes
Rhynchosia hirta
speciesRhynchosia hirta
habilla
speciesRhynchosia reticulata
Ryncho
speciesRhynchosia acuminatissima
Rhynchosia longeracemosa
speciesRhynchosia longeracemosa
crabseye
speciesRhynchosia phaseoloides
Grey Snoutbean
speciesRhynchosia capensis
Rhynchosia diversifolia
speciesRhynchosia diversifolia
Silky Snoutpea
speciesRhynchosia villosa
Erect Snoutbean
speciesRhynchosia woodii
Small-leaf Snoutbean
speciesRhynchosia parvifolia
Rhynchosia corylifolia
speciesRhynchosia corylifolia
Rhynchosia cooperi
speciesRhynchosia cooperi
Rhynchosia sublobata
speciesRhynchosia sublobata
Rhynchosia schimperi
speciesRhynchosia schimperi
Rhynchosia clivorum
speciesRhynchosia clivorum
Rhynchosia rothii
speciesRhynchosia rothii
Rhynchosia resinosa
speciesRhynchosia resinosa
Angular Snoutbean
speciesRhynchosia angulosa
Rhynchosia komatiensis
speciesRhynchosia komatiensis
Fringe Snoutbean
speciesRhynchosia ciliata
Rhynchosia baukea
speciesRhynchosia baukea
Namaqua Snoutbean
speciesRhynchosia schlechteri
Rhynchosia australis
speciesRhynchosia australis
Rhynchosia densiflora
speciesRhynchosia densiflora
Rhynchosia albissima
speciesRhynchosia albissima
Rhynchosia sordida
speciesRhynchosia sordida
Rhynchosia reptabunda
speciesRhynchosia reptabunda
Rhynchosia mantaroensis
speciesRhynchosia mantaroensis
Barberton Snoutbean
speciesRhynchosia galpinii
Rhynchosia spectabilis
speciesRhynchosia spectabilis
Rhynchosia smithiana
speciesRhynchosia smithiana
Rhynchosia monticola
speciesRhynchosia monticola
Rhynchosia bicentrica
speciesRhynchosia bicentrica
Rhynchosia pentheri
speciesRhynchosia pentheri
Rhynchosia nervosa
speciesRhynchosia nervosa
Rhynchosia viscosa
speciesRhynchosia viscosa
Rhynchosia atropurpurea
speciesRhynchosia atropurpurea
Rhynchosia holosericea
speciesRhynchosia holosericea
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 71064.