Centrosema brasilianum

Centrosema brasilianum

Centrosema brasilianum

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: Phaseoleae
Subtribus: Clitoriinae
Genus: Centrosema
Species: Centrosema brasilianum

Name

Centrosema brasilianum (L.) Benth. (1837)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Clitoria brasiliana L.

• Homotypic
  • Bradburya brasiliana (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 164. 1891.
  • Vexillaria brasiliana (L.) Hoffmanns., Verz. Pfl.-Kult. 119. 1824.

• Heterotypic
  • Bradburya insulana (Vell.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 164. 1891
  • Centrosema insulanum (Vell.) Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 325. 1840.
  • Clitoria formosa Kunth in Humb. & al., Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 6: 417–418. 1823.
  • Clitoria insulana Vell., Fl. Flumin. 313. 1825 publ. 1829
  • Clitoria insulana Arráb. in Steud., Nom. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 386. 1840.
  • Nauchea brasiliana (L.) Descourt., Mem. Soc. Linn. Par. 4: (1826) 9

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America Regional: Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Paraguay Regional: Western South America Bolivia, Peru Regional: Northern South America Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela Regional: Brazil Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central Regional: Caribbean Netherlands Antilles Regional: Central America Panamá, Venezuelan Antilles References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Bentham, G. 1837: Commentationes de Leguminosarum Generibus 54.

Additional references

• Forzza, R.C., Zappi, D. & Souza, V.C. (2016-continuously updated). Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção http://reflora.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/listaBrasil/ConsultaPublicaUC/ResultadoDaConsultaNovaConsulta.do.
• de Moura Júnior, E.G. & al. (2015). Updated checklist of aquatic macrophytes from Northern Brazil Acta Amazonica 45: 111-132.
• Bentham, G. 1839: Ann. Wiener Mus. Naturgesch. 2: 118.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Centrosema brasilianum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 12. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Centrosema brasilianum. Published online. Accessed: May 12 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Centrosema brasilianum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 May 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Centrosema brasilianum. 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 May 12. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Centrosema brasilianum. Accessed: 12 May 2021.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Centrosema brasilianum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2021 May 12.

Vernacular names

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