Interesting Facts
Description
Physical Description
Habit: Herb, Shrub • Climbing: Not Climbing
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,245 meters (0 to 4,085 feet).[1]
Biology
Reproduction
Duration: Perennial
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Class:
Spermatopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Subclass:
Rosidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Rosanae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Fabales
()
- Bromhead, 1838
- Family:
Leguminosae
()
- A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons.
- Subfamily:
Papilionoideae
()
- Subfamily:
Papilionoideae
(
- Family:
Leguminosae
(
- Order:
Fabales
(
- Superorder:
Rosanae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Class:
Spermatopsida
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Synonyms
Anthyllis genistae Dc.
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Comment: Climbing
: Not climbing, Habit: Shrub
, Habit: Herb, Lifespan:
Perennial
Last scrutiny: Mar-2001
Similar Species
Members of the genus Anthyllis
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 19 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
A. barba-jovis (Arbrisseau D'argent) · A. coccinea (Kidney Vetch) · A. hermanniae (Shrubby Kidney Vetch) · A. montana (Mountain Kidney Vetch) · A. vulneraria (Kidney Vetch) · A. vulneraria fatmae (Kidney Vetch) · A. vulneraria forondae (Kidney-Vetch) · A. vulneraria iframensis (Kidney Vetch) · A. vulneraria maura (Kidney Vetch) · A. vulneraria polyphylla (Kidney Vetch) · A. vulneraria pyrenaica (Kidney Vetch) · A. vulneraria reuteri (Kidney-Vetch) · A. vulneraria rifana (Kidney Vetch) · A. vulneraria rubriflora (Kidney-Vetch) · A. vulneraria stenophylloides (Kidney Vetch) · A. vulneraria var. vulneraria (Kidney Vetch) · A. vulneraria vulneraria (Common Kidney-Vetch) · A. vulneraria weldeniana (Kidney-Vetch) · A. vulneraria 'Darkest Red' (Kidney Vetch)
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Further Reading
- Bulletin de l'Acadmie internationale de gographie botanique. Le Mans: Impr. Edmond Monnoyer, 1899-1910. FRE url p. 75.
Notes
Contributors
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal January 27, 2008:
- GBIF-Spain, Aranzadi Zientzi Elkartea
- GBIF-Spain, Botánica, Universidad de León: LEB-Cormo
- GBIF-Spain, CIBIO, Alicante:ABH-GBIF
- GBIF-Spain, Departamento de Biolog. Veg. II, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense, Madrid: MAF
- GBIF-Spain, Herbario Universidad de Málaga: MGC-Cormófitos
- GBIF-Spain, Jardi Botanic de Valencia: VAL
- GBIF-Spain, Jardín Botánico de Córdoba: Herbarium COA
- GBIF-Spain, Real Jardin Botanico
- , Vascular Plant Herbarium
- GBIF-Spain, Univ. Herbarium SALAMANCA: SALA
- GBIF-Spain, Universidad de Almería, HUAL
- GBIF-Spain, Universidad de Extremadura, UNEX
- GBIF-Spain, Universidad de Oviedo. Departamento de Biología de Organismos y Sistemas: FCO
- GBIF-Spain, Universidad del País Vasco/EHU, Bilbao: Herbario BIO
- Herbario SANT, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, SANT herbarium vascular plant collection
- University of Vienna, Institute for Botany - Herbarium WU, Herbarium WU
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2862278
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-4893
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13850251
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 427111
Footnotes
- Mean = 195.210 meters (640.453 feet), Standard Deviation = 714.430 based on 172 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
