Microcharis is a genus of flowering plants. It includes 36 species of herbs and shrublets native to Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. The genus is in tribe Indigofereae of family Fabaceae. Typical habitats include seasonally-dry tropical forest margins, woodland, thicket, wooded grassland, and grassland, often in damp, swampy, or riverine areas, or in shallow soil over rocks.</ref name = powo/>
Species
Microcharis comprises the following species:
Microcharis ammophila (Thulin) Schrire
Microcharis angolensis Baker
Microcharis annua (Milne-Redh.) Schrire
Microcharis aphylla (R.Vig.) Schrire, Du Puy & Labat
Microcharis asparagoides (Taub.) Schrire
Microcharis brevistaminea (J.B.Gillett) Schrire
Microcharis buchneri (Taub.) Schrire
Microcharis butayei (De Wild.) Schrire
Microcharis cana (Thulin) Schrire
Microcharis contorta (J.B.Gillett) Schrire
Microcharis cufodontii (Chiov.) Schrire
Microcharis disjuncta (J.B.Gillett) Schrire
var. disjuncta (J.B.Gillett) Schrire
var. fallax (J.B. Gillett) Schrire
Microcharis ephemera (J.B.Gillett) Schrire
Microcharis galpinii N.E.Br. Microcharis garissaensis (J.B.Gillett) Schrire Microcharis gyrata (Thulin) Schrire Microcharis karinensis (Thulin) Schrire Microcharis kucharii (Thulin) Schrire Microcharis latifolia Benth. Microcharis longicalyx (J.B.Gillett) Schrire Microcharis medicaginea (Baker) Schrire Microcharis microcharoides (Taub.) Schrire var. latistipulata (J.B. Gillett) Schrire var. microcharoides (Taub.) Schrire Microcharis nematophylla Thulin Microcharis omissa Thulin Microcharis phyllogramme (R.Vig.) Schrire Microcharis praetermissa (Baker f.) Schrire
Microcharis remotiflora (Baker f.) Schrire
Microcharis sessilis (Thulin) Schrire
Microcharis spathulata (J.B.Gillett) Schrire
Microcharis stipulosa (Chiov.) Schrire
Microcharis tenella Benth. Microcharis tenuirostris (Thulin) Schrire Microcharis tisserantii (Pellegr.) Schrire Microcharis tritoides (Baker) Schrire subsp. obbiadensis (Chiov.) Schrire subsp. tritoides (Baker) Schrire Microcharis wajirensis (J.B.Gillett) Schrire Microcharis welwitschii (Baker) Schrire