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 , Plants of the World Online recognised the following species: Alysicarpus aurantiacus Alysicarpus belgaumensis Alysicarpus bracteus Alysicarpus brownii Alysicarpus bupleurifolius – sweet alys Alysicarpus ferrugineus Alysicarpus gamblei Alysicarpus gautalensis Alysicarpus glumaceus Alysicarpus hamosus Alysicarpus hendersonii Alysicarpus heterophyllus Alysicarpus heyneanus Alysicarpus longifolius Alysicarpus luteovexillatus Alysicarpus major Alysicarpus misquittae Alysicarpus monilifer Alysicarpus muelleri Alysicarpus naikianus Alysicarpus ovalifolius – alyce clover Alysicarpus parviflorus Alysicarpus pokleanus Alysicarpus prainii Alysicarpus pubescens Alysicarpus quartinianus Alysicarpus racemosus Alysicarpus roxburghianus Alysicarpus rugosus – red moneywort Alysicarpus rupicola Alysicarpus salim-alii Alysicarpus sanjappae Alysicarpus saplianus Alysicarpus scariosus Alysicarpus schomburgkii Alysicarpus sedgwickii Alysicarpus suffruticosus Alysicarpus tetragonolobus Alysicarpus vaginalis – white moneywort, buffalo clover, one-leaf clover Alysicarpus yunnanensis Alysicarpus zeyheri References Fabaceae genera