Aeschynomene is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic Dalbergia clade of the Dalbergieae. They are known commonly as jointvetches. These legumes are most common in warm regions and many species are aquatic. The genus as currently circumscribed is paraphyletic and it has been suggested that the subgenus Ochopodium be elevated to a new genus within the Dalbergieae, though other changes will also be required to render the genus monophyletic. Species Aeschynomene comprises the following species: Aeschynomene abyssinica (A. Rich.) Vatke Aeschynomene acapulcensis Rose Aeschynomene acutangula Baker Aeschynomene afraspera J. Léonard Aeschynomene americana L.—shyleaf var. americana L. var. flabellata Rudd var. glandulosa (Poir.) Rudd Aeschynomene amorphoides (S. Watson) Robinson Aeschynomene angolense Rossberg Aeschynomene aphylla Wild Aeschynomene aspera L.—sola, sola pith plant, laugauni Aeschynomene batekensis Troch. & Koechlin Aeschynomene baumii Harms Aeschynomene bella Harms Aeschynomene benguellensis Torre Aeschynomene bracteosa Baker Aeschynomene bradei Rudd Aeschynomene brasiliana (Poir.) DC. Aeschynomene brevifolia Poir. Aeschynomene brevipes Benth. Aeschynomene bullockii J. Léonard Aeschynomene burttii Baker f. Aeschynomene carvalhoi G.P. Lewis Aeschynomene chimanimaniensis Verdc. Aeschynomene ciliata Vogel Aeschynomene compacta Rose Aeschynomene crassicaulis Harms Aeschynomene cristata Vatke—Malagasy jointvetch var. cristata Vatke var. pubescens J. León Aeschynomene curtisiae Johnston Aeschynomene deamii Robinson & Bartlett Aeschynomene debilis Baker Aeschynomene deightonii Hepper Aeschynomene denticulata Rudd Aeschynomene dimidiata Baker Aeschynomene egena (J.F. Macbr.) Rudd Aeschynomene elaphroxylon (Guill. & Perr.) Taub.—ambatch Aeschynomene elegans Cham. & Schltdl. Aeschynomene evenia C. Wright—shrubby jointvetch var. evenia C. Wright var. serrulata Rudd Aeschynomene falcata (Poir.) DC.—Australian jointvetch Aeschynomene fascicularis Cham. & Schltdl. Aeschynomene filosa Benth. Aeschynomene fluitans Peter Aeschynomene fluminensis Vell. Aeschynomene foliolosa Rudd Aeschynomene fulgida Baker Aeschynomene gazensis Baker f. Aeschynomene genistoides (Taub.) Rudd Aeschynomene glabrescens Baker Aeschynomene glauca R.E. Fr. Aeschynomene goetzei Harms Aeschynomene gracilipes Taub. Aeschynomene gracilis Vogel—Puerto Rico jointvetch Aeschynomene grandistipulata Harms Aeschynomene guatemalensis (Standl. & Steyerm.) Rudd Aeschynomene heurckeana Baker Aeschynomene hintonii Sandwith Aeschynomene histrix Poir.—porcupine jointvetch var. densiflora (Benth.) Rudd var. histrix Poir. var. incana (Vogel) Benth. Aeschynomene indica L.—Indian jointvetch Aeschynomene interrupta Benth. Aeschynomene inyangensis Wild Aeschynomene katangensis De Wild. Aeschynomene kerstingii Harms Aeschynomene langlassei Rudd Aeschynomene latericola Verdc. Aeschynomene lateritia Harms Aeschynomene laxiflora Baker Aeschynomene leptophylla Harms Aeschynomene leptostachya Benth. Aeschynomene lorentziana Bacigalupo & Vanni Aeschynomene lyonnetii Rudd Aeschynomene magna Rudd Aeschynomene marginata Benth. Aeschynomene martii Benth. Aeschynomene maximistipulata Torre Aeschynomene mediocris Verdc. Aeschynomene megalophylla Harms Aeschynomene micranthos (Poir.) DC. Aeschynomene mimosifolia Vatke Aeschynomene minutiflora Taub. Aeschynomene mollicula Kunth