Tephrosia spicata

Tephrosia spicata

Tephrosia spicata

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 spicata

Name

Tephrosia spicata (Walter) Torr. & A.Gray, 1838

Synonyms

• Cracca spicata (Walter) Kuntze
• Cracca spicata var. flexuosa (B.L.Rob.) Vail
• Crafordia bracteata Raf.
• Galega paucifolia M.A.Curtis
• Galega spicata Walter
• Galega villosa Michx.
• Tephrosia hispida DC.
• Tephrosia mollissima Bertol.
• Tephrosia paucifolia Nutt.
• Tephrosia spicata var. semitonsa Fernald
• Tephrosia villosa var. flexuosa B.L.Rob.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama, Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia Continental: Southern America Regional: Caribbean Cuba References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Torrey, J. & Gray, A. 1838–1840. A Flora of North America containing abridged Descriptions of all the known indigenous and naturalized Plants growing North of Mexico; arranged according to the Natural System, Vol. 1. 740 pp. Wiley & Putnam, New-York. BHL Reference page. : 1(2):296.

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 spicata 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 spicata. Published online. Accessed: Mar 08 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Tephrosia spicata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 08 Mar 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Tephrosia spicata. 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 spicata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: spiked hoarypea

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