Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Kidney-Vetch
Common Names in French:
Anthyllis Vulnéraire, Trèfle Jaune Des Sables, Vulnéraire
Common Names in German:
Tannenklee, Wundklee
Common Names in Spanish:
Hierba Llaguera, Vulneraría
Description
Physical Description
Habit: Herb • Climbing: Not Climbing
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
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Comment: Climbing
: Not climbing, Conservation
Status: Insufficiently
known, 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
- Ali, S. I. & S. M. H. Jafri, eds. 1976–. Flora of Libya. (F Libya)
- Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. (F Turk)
- Duke, J. A. 1981. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance. (Leg WorldEc)
- Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. (CRC MedHerbs ed2)
- Jahandiez, E. & R. Maire. 1931–1941. Catalogue des plantes du Maroc. (L Maroc)
- Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. (Food Feed Crops US)
- Pottier-Alapetite, G. 1979–1981. Flore de la Tunisie: Angiospermes-Dicotyledones. (F Tunis)
- Quézel, P. & S. Santa. 1962–1963. Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie. (F Alger)
- Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. (Dict Rehm)
- Täckholm, V. 1974. Students' flora of Egypt, ed. 2. (SF Egypt)
- Thulin, M. 1983. Leguminosae of Ethiopia. Opera Bot. 68:1-223. (Leg Ethiop)
- Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. (F Eur)
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: 5937558
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-15618
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13666725
- GRIN Nomen Number: 300032
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 403717
