Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Twining 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: Vine , Forb/herb
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:
tomentosa
- (L.)Hook. & Arn.
- Variety:
tomentosa
- Botanical name: - Rhynchosia tomentosa var. tomentosa (L.)Hook. & Arn. (L.)Hook. & Arn.
- Variety:
tomentosa
- Specific epithet:
tomentosa
- (L.)Hook. & Arn.
- Genus:
Rhynchosia
(
- Tribe:
Phaseoleae
(
- 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, Habit: Herb, Lifespan: Perennial
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
- Grear, J. W. 1978. A revision of the New World species of Rhynchosia (Leguminosae - Faboideae). Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 31:135–138.
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.
- Fortunato RH, 2001-05 (from ILDIS).
- 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 (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.
Identifiers
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-14671
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13667336
- GRIN Nomen Number: 437548
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 530019
- U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: RHTOT
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1474651
Footnotes
- "Rhynchosia". in Flora of Pakistan Page 226. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
