Lespedeza leptostachya

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Overview

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Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Genus Lespedeza

Shrubs or undershrubs, branches pubescent . Leaf pinnately trifoliolate or unifoliolate , leaflets entire, stipules free . Inflorescence raceme , panicle or flowers fasciculate. Bract small, 2 bracteoles at the tip of the pedicel. Calyx teeth subequal or 2 upper teeth connate. Keel straight, obtuse or truncate . Stamens diadelphous , 9+1, anthers uniform . Ovary unifoliolate. Fruit ovate or orbicular , compressed , indehiscent.

A genus with about 40 species, distributed in Temperate North America, East and Tropical Asia and Tropical Australia.[1]

Physical Description

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: Climbing : Not climbing, Habit: Herb, Lifespan: Perennial

Similar Species

Members of the genus Lespedeza

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 47 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

L. acuticarpa (Lespedeza) · L. angustifolia (Narrowleaf Lespedeza) · L. bicolor (Bicolor Lespedeza) · L. bicolor var. bicolor (Bicolor Lespedeza) · L. bicolor 'Summer Beauty' (Shrub Bush Clover) · L. bicolor 'Yakushima' (Shrub Bush Clover) · L. brittonii (Britton's Lespedeza) · L. capitata (Round Headed Bush Clover) · L. cuneata (Perennial Lespedeza) · L. cuneata var. cuneata (Perennial Lespedeza) · L. cyrtobotrya (Bushy Bushclover) · L. hirta (Hairy Bush-Clover) · L. hirta curtissii (Curtiss' Lespedeza) · L. hirta hirta (Hairy Lespedeza) · L. japonica (Bush Clover) · L. juncea (Chinese Bush Lespedeza) · L. juncea var. juncea (Amb.) Ali) · L. juncea var. sericea (Chinese Bush-Clover) · L. leptostachya (Prairie Bush-Clover) · L. liukiuensis (Little Volcano Bush Clover) · L. longifolia (Longleaf Lespedeza) · L. manniana (Lespedeza) · L. nuttallii (Nuttall's Lespedeza) · L. oblongifolia (Oblong Lespedeza) · L. potaninii (Lespedeza) · L. procumbens (Trailing Bush-Clover) · L. repens (Creeping Bush-Clover) · L. stuevei (Lespedeza) · L. texana (Texas Bush-Clover) · L. thunbergii (Pink Bush Clover) · L. thunbergii var. thunbergii (Thunberg´s Lespedeza) · L. thunbergii var. velutina (Thunberg´s Lespedeza) · L. thunbergii 'Alba' (Bush Clover) · L. thunbergii 'Avalanche' (Bush Clover) · L. thunbergii 'Gibraltar' (Pink Bush Clover) · L. thunbergii 'Pink Fountain' (Pink Bush Clover) · L. thunbergii 'Spring Grove' (Pink Bush Clover) · L. thunbergii 'White Fountain' (White Bush Clover) · L. violacea (Violet Lespedeza) · L. virgata (Wand Lespedeza) · L. virginica (Slender Bush Clover) · L. x acuticarpa (Lespedeza) · L. x brittonii (Britton's Lespedeza) · L. x longifolia (Longleaf Lespedeza) · L. x neglecta (Lespedeza) · L. x nuttallii (Nuttall's Bushclover (A Hybrid)) · L. x simulata (Lespedeza)

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Further Reading

• 1997 IUCN red list of threatened plants Cambridge: IUCN, World Conservation Union, 1998 url p. 362.
• A provisional host-index of the fungi of the United States, by W. G. Farlow and A. B. Seymour. Cambridge, 1888-91. url p. 27.
• An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions: from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian / by Nathaniel Lord Britton and Hon. Addison Brown. New York: Scribner, 1913. url p. 408, p. 408.
• Bibliographical index to North American botany; or, Citations of authorities for all the recorded indigenous and naturalized species of the flora of North America, with a chronological arrangement of the synonymy. by Sereno Watson. Washington, Smithsonian Institution, 1878. url , p. 232.
• Britton, N. L. (ed.). North American flora. 7 1912 [New York]New York Botanical Garden. url p. 248, p. 913.
• Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. 6 1875-1879 New York: Torrey Botanical Club, 1870-1996 url p. 260.
• Contributions to the flora of Iowa. Ames, Iowa, 1877-1883 url p. 126.
• Erigenia: journal of the Illinois Native Plant Society. Carbondale, Ill.: The Society, 1982- url p. 51, p. 9.
• Flora of Illinois, containing keys for identification of flowering plants and ferns. Notre Dame, Ind., University of Notre Dame Press, 1963. url p. 137.
• Flora of Indiana, by Charles C. Deam. Indianapolis, Wm. B. Burford printing co., contractor for state printing and binding, 1940. url p. 1068, p. 611.
• Flora of the Indiana dunes, a handbook of the flowering plants and ferns of the lake Michigan Coast of Indiana and of the Calumet District, by Donald Culross Peattie. Chicago, Field Museum of Natural History, 1930. url p. 240.
• List of Pteridophyta and Spermatophyta growing without cultivation in northeastern North America. Prepared by a Committee of the Botanical Club, American Association for the Advancement of Science. New York, 1894. url p. 206.
• Manual of the flora of the northern states and Canada / by Nathaniel Lord Britton. New York: Holt, 1905. url p. 564.
• Manual of the flowering plants of Iowa. [Lamoni, Iowa]Privately published, 1899. url .
• Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club. 5 1893 - 18 Durham, N.C.: Published for the Club by the Seeman Printery, 1889- url p. 206.
• Plants of Iowa; a preliminary list of the native and introduced plants of the state, not under cultivation; comp. by Wesley Greene, secretary. Des Moines, Bishard brothers, printers, 1907. url p. 185, p. 185, p. 56, p. 56.
• Proceedings of the Davenport Academy of Natural Sciences. Davenport, Ia., Academy of Natural Sciences [etc.] url p. 126, p. 126.
• Reports of the Survey. Botanical series. Minneapolis [etc.]1892- url p. 317.
• Rock River area assessment / Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Office of Scientific Research and Analysis, Natural History Survey Division, in conjunction with State Geological Survey Division. Springfield, IL: Illinois Dept. of Natural Resources, 1996- url p. 128, p. 44, p. 46, p. 68, p. 73.
• The American midland naturalist. Notre Dame, Ind., University of Notre Dame. url p. 177.
• The Leguminosae of Illinois. Urbana, University of Illinois Press, 1953. url , p. 78.
• The Metaspermae of the Minnesota Valley: a list of the higher seed-producing plants indigenous to the drainage-basin of the Minnesota River / by Conway MacMillan. Minneapolis: Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota, 1892. url p. 317, p. 686, p. 687.
• The Metaspermae of the Minnesota valley; a list of the higher seed-producing plants indigenous to the drainage-basin of the Minnesota river. Minneapolis[Harrison & Smith, State Printers]1892 url p. 317, p. 687.
• The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science. Des moines, Iowa: The Academy, [1889-1987] url p. 372.
• The flora of Tennessee and a philosophy of botany: respectfully dedicated to the citizens of Tennessee / by Augustin Gattinger. Nashville: Press of Gospel Advocate Pub. Co., 1901. url p. 107.
• The geological and natural history survey of Minnesota: the twelfth annual report for the year 1883 / N.H. Winchell. Minneapolis: Johnson, Smith & Harrison, 1884. url p. 46.
• Transactions of the New York Academy of Sciences. New York: New York Academy of Sciences. url p. 68, p. 68.
• Transactions of the. .. annual meetings of the Kansas Academy of Science. Topeka, Kan.: Kansas Pub. House, 1883-1901. url p. 133, p. 159.
• World Plant Conservation Bibliography WCMC, Royal Botanic Gardens url p. 532, p. 562, p. 564, p. 571, p. 628.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
• Center for Plant Conservation Plant Profile for Lespedeza leptostachya. Accessed January 15, 2007.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 28, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
• ILDIS World Database of Legumes. Release date: May 1, 2007
• ILDIS World Database of LegumesNov 10, 2005.
• 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 (April 29, 2008)
• USDA, NRCS. 2005. The PLANTS Database, Version 3.5 (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.
• Zarucchi JL, 1993 (from ILDIS).

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:

• USDA PLANTS: USDA PLANTS Database

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3874278
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-7345
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:138663-2
• GRIN Nomen Number: 316189
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 25904
• MoBot NameID: 13002778
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDFAB27090
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Species Identifier: Q2CB
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: LELE5
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 46845

Footnotes

1. "Lespedeza". in Flora of Pakistan Page 357. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]

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