Baptisia alba

Baptisia alba

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Baptisia alba

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: Thermopsideae
Genus: Baptisia
Species: Baptisia alba
Varietates: B. a. var. alba – B. a. var. macrophylla

Name

Baptisia alba (L.) R.Br. (1811)

Hybrids

B. × sulphurea

Synonyms

• Crotalaria alba L.
• Podalyria alba (L.) Willd.
• Sophora alba (L.) L.
• Sophora glauca Salisb.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Wisconsin References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Brown, R. in W.T.Aiton 1811. Hortus Kewensis; or, a Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew: 6

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. 
• Isely, D. (1998). Native and Naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the United States: 1-1007. Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum. Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah.
• Govaerts, R.H.A. 1996. World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2). 492 pp., MIM, Deurne. ISBN 90-572-0006-6. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Baptisia alba in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jun 07. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Baptisia alba. Published online. Accessed: Jun 07 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Baptisia alba. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 07 Jun 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Baptisia alba. 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 Jun 06. Reference page.  7
• Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Baptisia alba. Accessed: 07 Jun 2021.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Baptisia alba in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

Vernacular names

English: white wild indigo

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