Stylosanthes

Stylosanthes fruticosa

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: Dalbergieae
Genus: Stylosanthes
Subgenera: S. subg. Styposanthes – S. subg. Stylosanthes

Species: S. angustifolia – S. biflora – S. bracteata – S. calcicola – S. campestris – S. capitata – S. erecta – S. falconensis – S. fruticosa – S. guianensis – S. hamata – S. hippocampoides – S. hispida – S. humilis – S. ingrata – S. leiocarpa – S. linearifolia – S. longicarpa – S. longiseta – S. macrocarpa – S. macrocephala – S. macrosoma – S. maracajuensis – S. mexicana – S. montevidensis – S. nervosa – S. quintanarooensis – S. recta – S. rostrata – S. ruellioides – S. salina – S. scabra – S. seabrana – S. sericeiceps – S. suffruticosa – S. sympodialis – S. tuberculata – S. vallsii – S. venezuelensis – S. viscosa

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Stylosanthes in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Nov 14. Reference page.

Name

Stylosanthes Sw., 1788

• Type species: Stylosanthes procumbens  Sw. LT designated by N. L. Britton et A. Brown, Ill. Fl. N.U.S. ed. 2. 2: 393 (1913)

Synonyms

• Astyposanthes Herter

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: America, Africa & Asia Alabama, Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arkansas, Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Cayman Is., Central African Repu, Chad, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Delaware, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Florida, French Guiana, Gabon, Galápagos, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Illinois, India, Iowa, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Kentucky, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Leeward Is., Liberia, Louisiana, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Missouri, Mozambique, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Jersey, New York, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Carolina, Northern Provinces, Oklahoma, Oman, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Carolina, Southwest Caribbean, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Uganda, Uruguay, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Virginia, West Virginia, Windward Is., Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Introduced into: Assam, Bangladesh, China Southeast, Christmas I., Cook Is., Fiji, Hainan, Hawaii, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Mauritius, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, Rodrigues, Réunion, South Australia, Taiwan, Thailand, Western Australia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Swartz, O. 1788. Nova genera & species plantarum seu Prodromus descriptionum vegetabilium, maximam partem incognitorum quae sub itinere in Indiam Occidentalem annis 1783–87 digessit Olof Swartz. M. D. X+152 pp., index. M.Swederi, Holmiae [Stockholm] etc. BHL Reference page. : 108

Additional references

• Mohlenbrock, R.H. 1957: A revision of the genus Stylosanthes. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 44(4): 299–355. JSTOR Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Stylosanthes in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Nov 14. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Stylosanthes. Published online. Accessed: Nov 14 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Stylosanthes. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: {{{3}}} Nov14 2020.

Vernacular names

čeština: Stylosant
English: pencilflower
हिन्दी: स्टाइलो घाँस
中文: 笔花豆属

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