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Alysicarpus

genus of plants

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 1, 2026
Entity authorityQ3233536 ↗
Source-derived summary

Alysicarpus is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is distributed in tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Asia, and Australia. Species are known generally as moneyworts. Unusually for legumes, the leaves are simple (not compound).

Species

As of August 2023, Plants of the World Online accepts the following 37 species:

Alysicarpus aurantiacus Pedley

Alysicarpus bhuibavadensis Dalavi, Bramhad., Pokle & S.R.Yadav

Alysicarpus brownii Schindl.

Alysicarpus bupleurifolius (L.) DC. – sweet alys

Alysicarpus ferrugineus Hochst. & Steud. ex A.Rich.

Alysicarpus gamblei Schindl.

Alysicarpus gautalensis Gholami & A.K.Pandey

Alysicarpus glumaceus (Vahl) DC.

Alysicarpus hamosus Edgew.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Alysicarpus” as genus of plants. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewUseful for establishing the present vocabulary of the subject while preserving a route back to the evidence on which that vocabulary rests. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2023—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Alysicarpus, genus and plants can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the science & nature register because the source frames it as genus of plants. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

The date and method of observation matter as much as the stated conclusion, especially where classification or consensus has changed. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jan 1, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3233536. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2023.

Critical limits

Current terminology should not be projected backward without checking the classification used when the underlying evidence was created. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

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Primary datasets, specimen catalogues, standards bodies and the most recent peer-reviewed literature.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Alysicarpus”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Alysicarpus primary sources, Alysicarpus archive and Alysicarpus research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Alysicarpus”?
  2. Is the terminology current, historical or disputed?
  3. Which observation, specimen, dataset or publication supports the account?
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This entry incorporates text from “Alysicarpus” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.