Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Kidney Vetch
Description
Physical Description
Habit: Herb • Climbing: Not Climbing
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 594 meters (0 to 1,949 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 vulneraria corbierei (Salmon & Travis)cullen • Anthyllis vulneraria L. polyphylla< /i> (Dc.) Nyman • Anthyllis Vulneraria Polyphylla • Anthyllis vulneraria polyphylla< /i> (Dc.) Nyman • Anthyllis vulneraria var. polyphylla (Dc.)nyman
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Comment: Climbing
: Not climbing, Conservation
Status: Rare, Conservation
Status: Not Threatened, Habit: Herb, Lifespan: Perennial
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
- Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. (F Turk)
- Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 24:123. [Akulova (= A. macrocephala H. L. Wendl.)].
- Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. (F Eur)
- Wisskirchen, R. & Haeupler, H. (1998a): Standardliste der Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands, Stuttgart: Ulmer
- Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia. (Leg NEurasia) [= A. macrocephala Wender.].
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 14, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- Heyn CC & Heller D 1991/1993 (from ILDIS).
- ILDIS World Database of Legumes. Release date: May 1, 2007
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
- 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: 8277933
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-15615
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13666727
- GRIN Nomen Number: 50042
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 403715
Footnotes
- Mean = 259.000 meters (849.738 feet), Standard Deviation = 210.970 based on 27 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
