''Rhynchosia'', also known as snoutbean, is a genus of plants in the family

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. 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

pyrophyte Pyrophytes are plants which have adapted to tolerate fire. Fire acts favourably for some species. "Passive pyrophytes" resist the effects of fire, particularly when it passes over quickly, and hence can out-compete less resistant plants, which are ...

s. There are several different complexes within the genus, including the ''Senna'' complex.

Species

260 species are accepted. Species include:Woods, M. & J. Key. (2009)
Genus ''Rhynchosia'' (Fabaceae) in Alabama.
''Phytologia'' 91:1 3. * '' Rhynchosia americana'' * '' Rhynchosia calosperma'' * '' Rhynchosia caribaea'' * '' Rhynchosia chapmanii''Verdcourt, B. (2000). New species of ''Rhynchosia'' Lour. (Leguminosae-Phaseoleae-Cajaninae) from the ''Flora Zambesiaca'' area. ''Kew Bulletin'' 55:1 137-46. * '' Rhynchosia chimanimaniensis'' * '' Rhynchosia cinerea'' * '' Rhynchosia cytisoides'' * '' Rhynchosia densiflora'' * ''

Rhynchosia difformis ''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 ...

'' * '' Rhynchosia edulis'' * ''

Rhynchosia latifolia ''Rhynchosia latifolia'', commonly called prairie snoutbean, is a species of plant in the legume family that is native to south-central United States. It is a perennial that produces yellow flowers in the summer. References latifolia Flo ...

'' * '' Rhynchosia lewtonii'' * '' Rhynchosia malacophylla'' * ''

Rhynchosia michauxii ''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 ...

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Rhynchosia minima ''Rhynchosia minima'' is a species of flowering plant in the legume family known by the common names least snout-bean, burn-mouth-vine, and jumby-bean. It can be found on every continent.Morris, J. B. (2008)''Rhynchosia minima'' (L.) DC. - regen ...

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Rhynchosia parvifolia ''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 ...

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Rhynchosia phaseoloides ''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 ...

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Rhynchosia precatoria ''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 ...

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Rhynchosia reniformis ''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 ...

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Rhynchosia reticulata ''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 ...

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Rhynchosia senna ''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 ...

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Rhynchosia stipitata ''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 ...

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Rhynchosia sublobata ''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 ...

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Rhynchosia swartzii ''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 ...

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Rhynchosia tomentosa ''Rhynchosia tomentosa'', commonly known as the twining snoutbean is a species of plant in the legume family. It is native to the Southeastern United States, where it is primarily found in dry, open woodlands and sandhills. It is a perennial th ...

'' * '' Rhynchosia totta'' * '' Rhynchosia viscosa'' (Roth) DC. * ''

Rhynchosia volubilis ''Rhynchosia volubilis'' is a species of flowering plant in the family ''Fabaceae''. It is native to Southeast China, Hainan, Japan, Korea, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan, and Vietnam. Tergallic acid dilactone can be found in ''R. volubilis'' seeds. Ref ...

'' * '' Rhynchosia wildii''

Legal status

United States

Louisiana

Except for

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purposes, growing, selling or possessing ''Rhynchosia'' spp. is prohibited by

Louisiana State Act 159 Signed into law June 28, 2005, and effective August 8, 2005, Louisiana State Act No 159 found in, Louisiana RS 40:989.1, outlawed the cultivation, possession or sale of 40 named plants defined as hallucinogenic in the state of Louisiana, US. House ...

References

Fabaceae genera Pantropical flora {{Phaseoleae-stub