Contains 4 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
Richardia L.
MEXICAN CLOVER
Classification
GENTIANALES
Richardia
Citation
RICHARDIA Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 330. 1753.
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TYPE: Richardia scabra Linnaeus
Species
Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Richardia brasiliensis TROPICAL MEXICAN CLOVER Not Native
Richardia grandiflora LARGEFLOWER MEXICAN CLOVER Not Native Y
Richardia humistrata SOUTH AMERICAN MEXICAN CLOVER Not Native
Richardia scabra ROUGH MEXICAN CLOVER Not Native
[Family identification key]
1.  Corolla 4-merous; fruit units (mericarps, appearing seed-like, the actual seed within and alveolate) smooth
1.  Corolla 5-merous; fruit units (mericarps, appearing seed-like, the actual seed within and alveolate) tuberculate or hirsute
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2.  Fruit units (mericarps) hirsute, the inner surface broad with a median keel
2.  Fruit units (mericarps) tuberculate, the inner surface with a narrow groove
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3.  Corolla 12-20 mm long
3.  Corolla 5-7 mm long
Genus Synonyms
Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
Plethyrsis Plethyrsis Rafinesque, Autik. Bot. 13. 1840. TYPE: Plethyrsis glauca Rafinesque 1840.
Richardsonia Richardsonia Kunth, Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat. 4: 430. 1818. TYPE: = Richardia Linnaeus 1753.