Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Black-Eyed Susan, Coral Bead Vine, Crab's Eye, Crab's Eyes, Crab's-Eye, Crab's-Eye Vine, Graine Rouge, Gwen Lglise, Gwen L≠glise, Indian Licorice, Indian Liquorice, Jequirity Bean, John Crow Bead, Jumbee Bead, Jumbie Bead, Jumbie Bean, Liane Reglisse, Licorice, Pois Rouge, Precatory Bean, Rglisse D'amrique, Rglisse Marronne, Red Bean Vine, Rosary Pea, Rosarypea, Wild Licorice, Wild Liquorice, Wire Wiss
Common Names in Spanish:
Jequerity, Tento Muido
Common Names in Yoruba:
Lele
Description
Subfamily Faboideae
Mostly herbs, shrubs , or trees . Leaves pinnate or palmate to trifoliolate or apparently simple . Corolla usually, showy, zygomorphic, the petals imbricate, posterior (upper or banner ) petal outermost in bud. Stamens 10 or 9 + 1 (diadelphous ), not showy. Pollen released in monads . Seeds with u-shaped line (pleurogram) lacking. [Carr]
Physical Description
Habit: Herb, Shrub • Climbing: Climbing
Biology
Reproduction
Duration: Perennial
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
)
- Plants
- Phylum:
Magnoliophyta
()
- Flowering Plants
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Dicotyledons
- Order:
Fabales
()
- Family:
Curculionoidea
()
- Family:
Curculionoidea
(
- Order:
Fabales
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Phylum:
Magnoliophyta
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Abrus precatorius L.
- Abrus precatorius sensu Baker
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Name verified on 02-Jan-1995 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 27-Oct-1998
Similar Species
Members of the genus Abrus
There are approximately 42 species in this genus:
A. aureus · A. aureus aureus · A. aureus littoralis · A. baladensis · A. bottae · A. canescens · A. cantonensis · A. precatorius subsp. africanus · A. diversifoliatus · A. diversifoliolatus · A. fruticulosus · A. gawenensis · A. gracilis · A. laevigatus · A. longibracteatus · A. lusorius · A. madagascariensis · A. melanospermus subsp. suffruticosus · A. melanospermus subsp. tenuiflorus · A. melanospermus tenuiflorus · A. parvifolius · A. precatorius (Black-Eyed Susan) · A. precatorius africanus · A. precatorius precatorius · A. precatorius subsp. africanus · A. pulchellum · A. pulchellus · A. pulchellus cantoniensis · A. pulchellus mollis · A. pulchellus pulchellus · A. pulchellus suffruticosus · A. pulchellus tenuiflorus · A. pulchellus var. tenuiflorus · A. repens · A. sambiranensis · A. schimperi · A. schimperi africanus · A. schimperi oblongus · A. schimperi schimperi · A. somalensis · A. stictospermus · A. wittei
Bibliography
- Aubréville, A. et al., eds. 1960–. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam. (F CambLVN)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. (F China)
- Fosberg, F. R. et al. 1979–1982. Geographical checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae/ Pteridophyta and Gymnospermae. (L Micrones)
- Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984–. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim. (F Bhutan)
- Lock, J. M. & J. Heald. 1994. Legumes of Indochina: a checklist. (Leg Indochina)
- Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970–. Flora of [West] Pakistan. (F Pak)
- Smith, A. C. 1979–1991. Flora vitiensis nova. (F Viti)
- Verdcourt, B. 1979. A manual of New Guinea legumes. (Leg NewGuin)
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Notes
Contributors
- Bisby FA, Roskov YR, Orrell TM, Nicolson D, Paglinawan LE, Bailly N, Kirk PM, Bourgoin T, van Hertum J, eds (2008). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2008 Annual Checklist Taxonomic Classification. CD-ROM; Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 3, 2006.
- Heyn CC & Heller D 1991/1993 (from ILDIS).
- ILDIS World Database of Legumes
- MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 20, 2008.
- USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (May 05, 2008)
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3874543
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-20098
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13665961
- GRIN Nomen Number: 404123
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 420384
