Clitoria falcata

Clitoria falcata

Clitoria falcata

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: Clitoria
Subgenus: C. subg. Neurocarpum
Sectio: C. sect. Neurocarpum
Species: Clitoria falcata
Varietas: C. f. var. aurantiaca – C. f. var. glabrescens – C. f. f. heteromorpha – C. f. var. latifolia

Name

Clitoria falcata Lam. (1786)

Synonyms

• Clitoria glycinoides DC., Prod. 2: 234 (1825)
• Clitoria glycinoides f. heteromorpha Griseb.
• Clitoria glycinoides var. ecostata Urb.
• Clitoria rubiginosa Juss. ex Pers., Syn. 2: 312 (1806)
• Clitoria rubiginosa var. ecostata (Urb.) Stehlé
• Clitoria tetragona Poir. ex DC., Prod. 2: 236 (1825)
• Martia brasiliensis Zucc. ex Steud., Nom. ed. II. 2: 104 (1808)
• Martia physodes Leandro, Denkschr. Akad. Muench. 7: (1821) 233, t. 12
• Martiusia physalodes Schult., Mant. 1: 226 (1822)
• Martiusia rubiginosa (Juss.) Britton, Sc. Surv. Puerto Rico & Virgin Islands, 5: 411 (1924)
• Nauchea clypeata Pritz., Ic. Ind. 1: 738
• Nauchea rubiginosa (Juss.) Descourt., Mem. Soc. Linn. Par. 4: (1826) 12
• Neurocarpum argenteum Duch. & Walp., Flora, 36: 228 (1853)
• Neurocarpum ellipticum Desv., Journ. Bot. 1: 119 (1813)
• Neurocarpum falcatum (Lam.) DC., Prod. 2: 236 (1825)
• Neurocarpum glycinoides (DC.) Desv., Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. I. 9: 413 (1826)
• Neurocarpum rubiginosum (Juss.) Desv., Ham. Prod. Pl. Ind. Occ. 51 (1825)
• Neurocarpum villosum Desv., Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. I. 9: 413 (1826)
• Ternatea rubiginosa (Juss. ex Pers.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 210 (1891)
• Vexillaria glycinoides (DC.) Benth., Ann. Wien. Mus. 2: 117 (1838)
• Vexillaria rubiginosa (Juss.) Benth., Ann. Wien. Mus. 2: 117 (1838)
• Vexillaria villosa (Desv.) Benth., Ann. Wien. Mus. 2: 117 (1838)

Homonyms

• Clitoria falcata Nees = Periandra coccinea (Schrad.) Benth.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá Regional: Caribbean Cuba, Dominican Republic, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Is. Regional: Northern South America French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela Regional: Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru Regional: Brazil Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central Regional: Southern South America Paraguay Introduced into: Angola, Benin, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Jawa, Liberia, Madagascar, New Guinea, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Taiwan, Tanzania References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Lamarck, J.-B. 1786–1788. Encyclopédie méthodique. Botanique. Tome 2. 774 pp. Panckoucke, Paris; Plomteux, Liége. BHL Reference page. : 51.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Clitoria falcata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

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.
• Villaseñor, J.L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559–902. DOI: 10.1016/j.rmb.2016.06.017 Online PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Clitoria falcata 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. Clitoria falcata. Published online. Accessed: May 12 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Clitoria falcata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 May 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Clitoria falcata. 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. . Clitoria falcata. Accessed: 12 May 2021.

Vernacular names

English: sickle pigeonwings
中文: 鐮刀莢蝶豆

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