Overview
Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Texas Snout-Bean, Texas Snoutbean
Description
Genus Rhynchosia
Climbing
, prostrate
or sometimes erect
herbs or subshrubs
. Leaf pinnately trifoliolate
; leaflets
conspicuously gland-dotted below, stipules present, stipels
small. Inflorescence axillary
or terminal
; racemose or paniculate
. Bracts present, bracteoles absent. Calyx lobes
unequal, upper 2 jointed
. Vexillum with small auricles
, pubescent
or glabrous
. Stamens diadelphous
, 9+1, vexillary stamen free, anthers
uniform
. Ovary 1-2-ovuled, style pubescent below, incurved
, stigma terminal. Fruit oblong
, compressed
, 1-2-seeded.
A genus with about 150 species, distributed mainly in the warmer parts of the world, represented by 7 species in Pakistan.[1]
Physical Description
Habit: Herb • Climbing: Not Climbing
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 3,008 meters (0 to 9,869 feet).[2]
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
()
- Tribe:
Phaseoleae
()
- Genus:
Rhynchosia
()
- Loureiro, 1790, nom. cons.
- Snoutbean
- Specific epithet:
senna
- Hook.
- Botanical name: - Rhynchosia senna Hook.
- Specific epithet:
senna
- Hook.
- Genus:
Rhynchosia
(
- Tribe:
Phaseoleae
(
- Subfamily:
Papilionoideae
(
- Family:
Leguminosae
(
- Order:
Fabales
(
- Superorder:
Rosanae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Class:
Spermatopsida
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Synonyms
Dolicholus senna (Hook.)kuntze
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Comment: Climbing
: Not climbing, Habit: Herb, Lifespan: Perennial
Last scrutiny: May-2001
Similar Species
Members of the genus Rhynchosia
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 25 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
R. americana (American Snoutbean) · R. caribaea (Caribbean Snoutbean) · R. cinerea (Brownhair Snoutbean) · R. cytisoides (Royal Snoutbean) · R. difformis (Doubleform Snoutbean) · R. edulis (Chihuahuan Snout-Bean) · R. latifolia (Broadleaf Snoutbean) · R. michauxii (Michaux's Snoutbean) · R. minima (Alcarretillo) · R. minima var. amaliae (Least Snoutbean) · R. minima var. memnonia (Least Snoutbean) · R. parvifolia (Small-Leaf Snoutbean) · R. phaseoloides (Bejuco Caraota) · R. precatoria (Rosary Snoutbean) · R. pyramidalis (Bejuco Culebra) · R. reniformis (Dollarleaf) · R. reticulata (Habilla) · R. senna (Texas Snout-Bean) · R. swartzii (Swartz's Snoutbean) · R. tomentosa (Snoutbean) · R. tomentosa var. mollissima (Twining Snoutbean) · R. tomentosa var. tomentosa (Twining Snoutbean) · R. totta (Snoutbean) · R. viscosa (Liane Lastique) · R. viscosa var. breviracemosa (Liane Lastique)
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Further Reading
- Phytologia memoirs. Plainfield, N.J.: H.N. Moldenke and A.L. Moldenke, 1980- url p. 217.
- Phytologia. Bronx Park, New York, H.A. Gleason and H.N. Moldenke, url , .
- Zoe:a biological journal. 5 (1906: Se San Diego, Calif. [etc.]Zoe Publishing Co. url p. 246.
Notes
Contributors
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal January 28, 2008:
- Comisión nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la biodiversidad, Herbario del Instituto de Ecología, A.C., México
- Herbarium of the University of Aarhus, The AAU Herbarium Database
- Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Arizona State University Vascular Plant Herbarium
- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, The Deaver Herbarium, Northern Arizona University
- USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3876702
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-15375
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13635990
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1181279-2
- GRIN Nomen Number: 311405
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 504771
- U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: RHSET
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 60063
Footnotes
- "Rhynchosia". in Flora of Pakistan Page 226. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
- Mean = 1,018.670 meters (3,342.093 feet), Standard Deviation = 873.260 based on 149 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
