Psoralea digitata

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Common Names

Description

Family Fabaceae

The Fabaceae are herbs, vines , shrubs , trees , and lianas found in both temperate and tropical areas. They comprise one of the largest families of flowering plants , numbering 630 genera and 18,000 species. The leaves are stipulate , nearly always alternate, and range from bipinnately or palmately compound to simple . The petiole base is commonly enlarged into a pulvinus that commonly functions in orientation of the leaves (sometimes very responsively, as in the sensitive plant, Mimosa pudica). The flowers are usually bisexual , actinomorphic to zygomorphic, slightly to strongly perigynous, and commonly in racemes , spikes, or heads . The perianth commonly consists of a calyx and corolla of 5 segments each. The androecium consists of commonly 1- many stamens (most commonly 10), distinct or variously united , sometimes some of them reduced to staminodes. The pistil is simple, often stipitate , comprising a single style and stigma, and a superior ovary with one locule containing 2-many marginal ovules. The fruit is usually a legume, sometimes a samara, loment, follicle, indehiscent pod, achene, drupe, or berry. The seeds often have a hard coat with hourglass-shaped cells , and sometimes bear a u-shaped line called a pleurogram. [Carr]

Genus Psoralea

Herbs or undershrubs, punctate with black, brown or pellucid glands . Leaf 1-3 or more foliolate , leaflets entire; stipules present. Inflorescence capitate, spicate , subracemose or fasciculate. Bracts membranous, bracteoles absent. Calyx lobes subequal or the lower lobes larger. Petals all clawed, keel incurved , obtuse . Stamens diadelphous 9+1 or monadelphous , vexillary stamen free or more or less connate with others; anthers uniform or slightly dimorphous. Ovary sessile or stipitate , 1-ovuled, style incurved, Stigma terminal . Fruit ovate , indehiscent, 1-seeded.

A genus with about 130 species, mainly tropical and temperate in distribution, most numerous in S.Africa, locally represented by three species.[1]

Physical Description

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Pediomelum digitatum (Nutt.)isely
2. Psoralidium digitatum (Torr. & A. Gray)rydb.

Notes

Name Status: Provisionally Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: –

Place of publication : Fl. N. Amer. 1:300. 1838

Name verified on 26-Oct-1988 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 22-May-1997

Similar Species

Members of the genus Psoralea

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 294 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

P. abbottii · P. acanthocarpa · P. acaulis · P. aculeata (South African Scurfpea) · P. acuminata · P. adscendens · P. affinis (Fountain Bush) · P. agrophylla · P. alata · P. alnifolia · P. alopecurina · P. alopecuroides · P. americana · P. angustifolia · P. annua · P. aphylla (Blue Broom) · P. arborea · P. archeri · P. arenaria · P. argentea · P. argophylla (Silverleaf Indian Breadroot) · P. argophylla robustior · P. argophylla var. decumbens · P. argophylla var. robustior · P. aromatica · P. asarina · P. ascendens · P. astragalifolia · P. aurea · P. australasica · P. axillaris · P. azurea · P. badocana · P. badocana var. grandiflora · P. balsamica · P. biovulata · P. bipedunculata · P. bituminosa · P. brachiata · P. brachypus · P. bracteata · P. bracteolata · P. caffra · P. californica · P. campestris · P. candida · P. canescens (Hoary Scurfpea) · P. capitata · P. carnea · P. carthagenensis · P. castorea (Beaver Indian Breadroot) · P. cataracta · P. caudata · P. cephalotes · P. cinerea (Annual Verbine) · P. citriodora · P. clementii · P. collina · P. conferta · P. connixa · P. corylifolia · P. corymbosa · P. cryptocarpa · P. cullen · P. cuneata · P. cuneifolia · P. cuspidata (Largebract Indian Breadroot) · P. cyphocalyx (Turnip-Root Scurf Pea) · P. cytisoides · P. dalea · P. decidua · P. decipiens · P. decumbens · P. dentata · P. denudata · P. dietrichiae · P. digitata (Palmleaf Indian Breadroot) · P. digitata var. digitata · P. digitata var. parvifolia · P. discolor · P. divaricata · P. douglasii · P. douglasii var. hansenii · P. dregeana · P. drupacea · P. eckloniana · P. ecklonis · P. effusa · P. eglandulosa · P. elegans · P. elliptica · P. emphysodes · P. enneaphylla · P. ensifolia · P. epipsila · P. epipsila var. epipsilum · P. eriantha · P. esculenta (Large Indian Breadroot) · P. exile · P. fascicularis

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Further Reading

• A second edition of Webber's "Appendix to the catalogue of the flora of Nebraska" / with a supplementary list of recently reported species by Charles E. Bessey. Lincoln, Neb.: [University of Nebraska?, 1892] ENG url p. 35.
• 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 102d meridian / by Nathaniel Lord Britton and Hon. New York: C. Scribner's sons, 1913. ENG url p. 360, p. 362.
• Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas. (F Tex) [accepts].
• Flora of Nebraska; a list of the conifers and flowering plants of the state, with keys for their determination. [Lincoln, Neb., Printed by State Printing Co., 1912] ENG url p. 137.
• Flora of the southeastern United States; being descriptions of the seed-plants, ferns and fern-allies growing naturally in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, and in Oklahom by John Kunke New York, The author, 1913. ENG url p. 621.
• Grimes, J. W. 1990. A revision of the New World species of the Psoraleeae (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae). Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 61:71.
• Isely, D. 1986. Notes about Psoralea sensu auct., Amorpha, Baptisia, Sesbania and Chamaecrista (Leguminosae) in the Southeastern United States. Sida 11:430.
• Just's botanischer jahresbericht. Systematisch geordnetes repertorium der botanischen literatur aller länder. Berlin, Gebr. Borntraeger, 1874-98; GER url p. 155, p. 157, p. 187, p. 87, p. 91.
• Martin, W. C. & C. R. Hutchins. 1980. A flora of New Mexico. (F New Mex) [accepts].
• McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains. (F GPlains) [accepts].
• Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. [Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia] ENG url p. 159.
• Smith, E. B. 1978. An atlas and annotated list of the vascular plants of Arkansas. (L Arkansas) [mentions & accepts].
• Smithsonian miscellaneous collections. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1862-1968. ENG url p. 253.
• Sylloge fungorum omnium hucusque cognitorum. Digessit P. A. Saccardo. Patavii, sumptibus auctoris, 1882-1931. LAT url p. 953.
• Turner, B. L. 1959. The legumes of Texas. (Leg Tex) [accepts].

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2007. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed September 17, 2007.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed January 27, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
• Nghia, N.H. 1998. Dalbergia entadoides. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
• Nielsen IC & Rico ML, 1994 (from ILDIS).
• Pippen, Jeffrey S. Jeff's Nature Page. Accessed December 8, 2007.
• Podlech D, 1996 (from ILDIS).
• Polhill RM, 1993 (from ILDIS).
• Rhytismatales database 2006.
• Schrire BD, 1994-10 (from ILDIS).
• Sokoloff DD, 2001-03 (from ILDIS).
• Stirton CH, 2001-06 (from ILDIS).
• The Global Lepidoptera Names Index2, 12.2, 2005.
• The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Jan 19, 2007.
• The Virtual Field Herbarium.
• Thomson, Christian (from Diptera).
• USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (May 04, 2008)
• USDA, NRCS. 2005. The PLANTS Database, Version 3.5 (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.
• van der Maesen LJG, 1993 (from ILDIS).
• van der Maesen, LJG, 2001-03 (from ILDIS).
• Vaz AMSF, 2001-05 (from ILDIS).
• World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Adenanthera intermedia. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 October 2006.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal January 28, 2008:

• USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database
• University of Colorado Museum, Zoological specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3882611
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-12017
• GRIN Nomen Number: 30235
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 504176
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDFAB5L060
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: PSDI4
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 400642

Footnotes

1. "Psoralea". in Flora of Pakistan Page 215. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]

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