Tephrosia virginiana

Tephrosia virginiana

Tephrosia virginiana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fabales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Millettieae
Genus: Tephrosia
Species: Tephrosia virginiana

Name

Tephrosia virginiana (L.) Pers., 1807

Synonyms

• Cracca holosericea (Nutt.) Britten & Baker f.
• Cracca latidens Small
• Cracca leucosericea Rydb.
• Cracca virginiana L.
• Cracca virginiana var. holosericea (Nutt.) Vail
• Galega virginiana (L.) L.
• Tephrosia holosericea Nutt.
• Tephrosia latidens (Small) Standl.
• Tephrosia leucosericea (Rydb.) Cory
• Tephrosia virginiana var. glabra Nutt.
• Tephrosia virginiana var. holosericea (Nutt.) Torr. & A.Gray
• Tephrosia virginiana var. leucosericea (Rydb.) F.J.Herm.
• Tephrosia virginica Bigelow

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: Eastern USA Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Persoon, C.H. 1806–1807. Synopsis plantarum, seu enchiridium botanicum, complectens enumerationem systematicam specierum hucusque cognitarum. Pars secunda. 657 pp. Apud Bibliopolas Treuttel et Würtz, Parisiis Lutetiorum [Paris]; Apud J. G. Cottam, Tubingae [Tübingen]. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page. : 2(2):BHL.

Additional references

• Chester, E.W., Wofford, B.E., Shaw, J.T., Estes, D. & Webb, D.H. (eds.) 2015. Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee. 813 pp., University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville. ISBN 978-1-62190-100-6. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Tephrosia virginiana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Mar 08. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Tephrosia virginiana. Published online. Accessed: Mar 08 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Tephrosia virginiana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 08 Mar 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Tephrosia virginiana. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Mar 08. Reference page. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Tephrosia virginiana in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: Catgut, Devil's Shoestring, Goats Rue

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