genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants t ...
s in the
legume
A legume () is a plant in the family Fabaceae (or Leguminosae), or the fruit or seed of such a plant. When used as a dry grain, the seed is also called a pulse. Legumes are grown agriculturally, primarily for human consumption, for livestock for ...
. Members of the genus are commonly known as prairie clover or indigo bush. Its name honors English apothecary Samuel Dale (1659–1739). They are native to the Western hemisphere, where they are distributed from
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by to ...
to
Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest ...
. Nearly half of the known species are
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found else ...
to
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish language, Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a List of sovereign states, country in the southern portion of North America. It is borders of Mexico, bordered to the north by the United States; to the so ...
. Two species of ''Dalea'' (''Dalea ornata'' and ''Dalea searlsiae'') have been considered for
rangeland
Rangelands are grasslands, shrublands, woodlands, wetlands, and deserts that are grazed by domestic livestock or wild animals. Types of rangelands include tallgrass and shortgrass prairies, desert grasslands and shrublands, woodlands, sava ...
Dalea abietifolia
''Dalea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. Members of the genus are commonly known as prairie clover or indigo bush. Its name honors English apothecary Samuel Dale (physician), Samuel Dale (1659–1739). They are n ...
'' (Rydb.) Bullock
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Dalea acracarpica
''Dalea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. Members of the genus are commonly known as prairie clover or indigo bush. Its name honors English apothecary Samuel Dale (1659–1739). They are native to the Western hem ...
'' Barneby
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Dalea adenopoda
''Dalea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. Members of the genus are commonly known as prairie clover or indigo bush. Its name honors English apothecary Samuel Dale (1659–1739). They are native to the Western hem ...
'' (Rydb.) Isely—Tampa prairie clover
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Dalea aenigma
''Dalea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. Members of the genus are commonly known as prairie clover or indigo bush. Its name honors English apothecary Samuel Dale (1659–1739). They are native to the Western hem ...
'' Barneby
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Dalea albiflora
''Dalea albiflora'', the whiteflower prairie clover or scruffy prairie clover, is a perennial subshrub or herb of the subfamily Faboideae in the pea family-(Fabaceae). It is found in the southwestern United States and Northwestern Mexico in the ...
'' A. Gray—whiteflower prairie clover
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Dalea ananassa
''Dalea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. Members of the genus are commonly known as prairie clover or indigo bush. Its name honors English apothecary Samuel Dale (1659–1739). They are native to the Western hem ...
'' Barneby
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Dalea antana
''Dalea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. Members of the genus are commonly known as prairie clover or indigo bush. Its name honors English apothecary Samuel Dale (1659–1739). They are native to the Western ...
'' J.F. Macbr.
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Dalea arenicola
''Dalea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. Members of the genus are commonly known as prairie clover or indigo bush. Its name honors English apothecary Samuel Dale (1659–1739). They are native to the Western hem ...
'' (Wemple) B.L. Turner
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Dalea aurea
''Dalea aurea'', commonly called golden prairie clover, is a species of flowering plant in the legume family (Fabaceae). It is native to North America, where it is found in the Great Plains and southwestern United States, and in the state of Coah ...
'' C. Fraser—golden prairie clover
* '' Dalea austrotexana'' B.L.Turner
* '' Dalea ayavacensis'' Kunth
** var. ''ayavacensis'' Kunth
** var. ''killipii'' (J.F.Macbr.) Barneby
* '' Dalea azurea'' (Phil.) Reiche
* '' Dalea bacchantum'' Barneby
* '' Dalea bartonii'' Barneby—Warnock's prairie clover, Cox's dalea
* '' Dalea bicolor'' Willd.—silver prairie clover
** var. ''argyrea'' (A.Gray) Barneby
** var. ''bicolor'' Willd.
** var. ''canescens'' (M.Martens & Galeotti) Barneby
** var. ''naviculifolia'' (Hemsl.) Barneby
** var. ''orcuttiana'' Barneby
* '' Dalea boliviana'' Britton
* '' Dalea boraginea'' Barneby
* '' Dalea botterii'' (Rydb.) Barneby
* '' Dalea brachystachya'' A. Gray—Fort Bowie prairie clover
* '' Dalea brandegei'' (Rose) Bullock
* '' Dalea caeciliae'' Harms
* ''Dalea cahaba'' J.R.Allison—Cahaba prairie clover
* '' Dalea candida'' Willd.—white prairie clover, white tassel-flower
** var. ''candida'' Willd.
** var. ''oligophylla'' (Torr.) Shinners
* '' Dalea capitata'' S. Watson
** var. ''capitata'' S. Watson
** var. ''quinqueflora'' (Brandegee) Barneby
* '' Dalea carnea'' (Michx.) Poir.—whitetassels
** var. ''albida'' (Torr. & A. Gray) Barneby
** var. ''carnea'' (Michx.) Poir.
* '' Dalea carthagenensis'' (Jacq.) J.F. Macbr.—Cartagena prairie clover
** var. ''barbata'' (Oerst.) Barneby
** var. ''brevis'' (J.F.Macbr.) Barneby
** var. ''capitulata'' (Rydb.) Barneby
** var. ''carthagenensis'' (Jacq.) J.F. Macbr.
** var. ''floridana'' (Rydb.) Barneby
** var. ''pilocarpa'' (Rusby) Barneby
** var. ''portoricana'' Barneby
** var. ''trichocalyx'' (Ulbr.) Barneby
* '' Dalea ceciliana''—Cecilia's prairie clover
* '' Dalea choanosema'' Barneby
* '' Dalea chrysophylla'' Barneby
* '' Dalea cinnamomea'' Barneby
* '' Dalea cliffortiana'' Willd.
* '' Dalea coerulea'' (L. f.) Schinz & Thell.
** var. ''coerulea'' (L. f.) Schinz & Thell.
** var. ''longispicata'' (Ulbr.) Barneby
* '' Dalea compacta'' Spreng.—compact prairie clover
** var. ''compacta'' Spreng.
** var. ''pubescens'' (A.Gray) Barneby
* '' Dalea confusa'' (Rydb.) Barneby
* '' Dalea cora'' Barneby
* '' Dalea crassifolia'' Hemsl.
* '' Dalea cuatrecasasii'' Barneby
* '' Dalea cuniculo-caudata'' Paul G. Wilson
* '' Dalea cyanea'' Greene
* '' Dalea cylindrica'' Hook.
** var. ''cylindrica'' Hook.
** var. ''haenkeana'' Barneby
** var. ''nova'' (Ulbr.) Barneby
** var. ''sulfurea'' (Ulbr.) Barneby
* '' Dalea cylindriceps'' Barneby—Andean prairie clover
* '' Dalea daucosma'' Barneby
* '' Dalea dipsacea'' Barneby
* '' Dalea dispar'' C.V. Morton
* '' Dalea dorycnoides'' DC.
* '' Dalea elata'' Hook. & Arn.
* '' Dalea elegans'' Hook. & Arn.
** var. ''elegans'' Hook. & Arn.
** var. ''onobrychioides'' (Griseb.) Barneby
* '' Dalea emarginata'' (Torr. & A. Gray) Shinners—wedgeleaf prairie clover
* '' Dalea enneandra'' C. Fraser—nineanther prairie clover
* '' Dalea eriophylla'' S. Watson
* '' Dalea erythrorhiza'' Greenm.
* '' Dalea escobilla'' Barneby
* '' Dalea exigua'' Barneby—Chihuahuan prairie clover
* '' Dalea exilis'' DC.
* '' Dalea exserta'' (Rydb.) Gentry—Mexican prairie clover
* '' Dalea feayi'' (Chapman) Barneby—Feay's prairie clover
* '' Dalea fieldii'' (J.F. Macbr.) J.F. Macbr.
* '' Dalea filiciformis'' Robinson & Greenm.It has been proposed that ''Dalea filiciformis'' be transferred to the genus ''
Marina
A marina (from Spanish , Portuguese and Italian : ''marina'', "coast" or "shore") is a dock or basin with moorings and supplies for yachts and small boats.
A marina differs from a port in that a marina does not handle large passenger ships or ...
''. ''See'' and Cardoso ''et al.'' 2013.
* '' Dalea filiformis'' A. Gray—Sonoran prairie clover
* '' Dalea flavescens'' (S. Watson) S.L. Welsh—Canyonlands prairie clover
* '' Dalea foliolosa'' (Aiton) Barneby
** var. ''citrina'' (Rydb.) Barneby
** var. ''foliolosa'' (Aiton) Barneby
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Dalea foliosa
''Dalea foliosa'', commonly called leafy prairie clover, is a species of flowering plant in the legume family (Fabaceae). It is an endangered species in the United States, where it occurs in three states: Illinois, Tennessee, and Alabama.USFWS''D ...
'' (A. Gray) Barneby—leafy prairie clover
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Dalea formosa
''Dalea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. Members of the genus are commonly known as prairie clover or indigo bush. Its name honors English apothecary Samuel Dale (1659–1739). They are native to the Western hem ...
'' Torr.—featherplume
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Dalea frutescens
''Dalea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. Members of the genus are commonly known as prairie clover or indigo bush. Its name honors English apothecary Samuel Dale (1659–1739). They are native to the Western ...
'' A. Gray—black prairie clover, black dalea
* '' Dalea galbina'' (J.F. Macbr.) J.F. Macbr.
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Dalea gattingeri
''Dalea gattingeri'', commonly called purpletassles or Gattinger prairie clover, is a species of flowering plant in the legume family. It is native to the Southeastern United States, where it is restricted to limestone cedar glades of Tennessee, ...
Dalea formosa
''Dalea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. Members of the genus are commonly known as prairie clover or indigo bush. Its name honors English apothecary Samuel Dale (1659–1739). They are native to the Western hem ...