Tephrosia purpurea var. brevidens

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Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Genus Tephrosia

Herbs, undershrubs or shrubs . Leaf mostly imparipinnate , leaflets rarely 3-1, generally more; entire, exstipellate; stipules of various types. Inflorescence a terminal or leaf-opposed raceme or flowers in the axils of the upper leaves. Bract present, bracteoles absent. Calyx teeth or lobes subequal or the upper two united . Vexillum pilose externally. Wings slightly adherent to the keel. Stamens 10, monadelphous or diadelphous , then the vexillary stamen quite free , anthers uniform . Ovary sessile, generally many ovuled, style incurved , glabrous or pilose, stigma nude or penicillate . Fruit compressed , linear , 2-valved, continuous or obscurely septate between the seeds.

A genus with over 300 species distributed mainly in the tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world.[1]

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Similar Species

Members of the genus Tephrosia

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 33 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

T. angustissima (Narrowleaf Hoarypea) · T. brownii (Convict Blenny) · T. candida (Indigo Blanc) · T. chrysophylla (Scurf Hoarypea) · T. cinerea (Anil-Bravo) · T. corallicola (Narrowleaf Hoarypea) · T. curtissii (Curtiss' Hoarypea) · T. florida (Florida Hoarypea) · T. floridana (Florida Hoarypea) · T. florida var. florida (Florida Hoary-Pea) · T. hispidula (Sprawling Hoarypea) · T. leiocarpa (Smooth Pod Tephrosia) · T. lindheimeri (Goat's Rue) · T. mohrii (Pineland Hoarypea) · T. onobrychoides (Multi-Bloom Tephrosia) · T. potosina (Edwards Plateau Hoarypea) · T. pumila (Indigo Sauvage) · T. pumila var. aldabrensis (Indigo Sauvage) · T. pungens (Fananbotsy) · T. purpurea (Brusca Cimarrona) · T. purpurea altissima (Brusca Cimarrona) · T. purpurea canescens (Brusca Cimarrona) · T. purpurea purpurea (Brusca Cimarrona) · T. purpurea var. brevidens (Purple Tephrosia) · T. rosea (Flinders River Poison) · T. rugelii (Rugel's Hoarypea) · T. senna (Anil Racimillo) · T. sessiliflora (Sessileflower Hoarypea) · T. sinapou (Guanibrey) · T. spicata (Spiked Hoary Pea) · T. thurberi (Thurber's Hoary-Pea) · T. virginiana (Catgut) · T. vogelii (Vogel's Tephrosia)

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Further Reading

• Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica. (F Jam)
• Bentham, G. 1863–1878. Flora australiensis. (F AustBenth)
• Berhaut, J. 1971–. Flore illustrée du Senegal. (F Senegal)
• Bosman, M. T. M. & A. J. P. De Haas. 1983. A revision of the genus Tephrosia (Leguminosae-Papilionoideae) in Malesia. Blumea 28:464.
• Craib, W. G. & A. F. G. Kerr, eds. 1925–1962. Florae siamensis enumeratio. (F Siam)
• Du Puy, D. J. et al. 2002. The Leguminosae of Madagascar. (Leg Madag)
• Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. (CRC MedHerbs ed2)
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13)
• Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds. 1997. Auxiliary plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). (Pl Res SEAs) 11:246–248.
• Green, J. W. 1985. Census of the vascular plants of Western Australia. (L WAust)
• Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds. (Atlas WWeed)
• Hosni, H. A. & Z. A. R. El-Karemy. 1993. Systematic revision of Leguminosae in Egypt. 1. Tephrosia Pers. Sendtnera 1:247.
• Howard, R. 1974–1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles. (F LAnt)
• Huang, S. F. & T. C. Huang. 1987. Taxonomic treatment of the Papilionoideae (Leguminosae) of Taiwan. Taiwania 32:11-117. (Leg Taiwan)
• Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953–1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2. (F WT Afr)
• Kumar, S & P. V. Sane. 2003. Legumes of South Asia: a checklist. (Leg SAsia)
• Lewis, G. P. 1987. Legumes of Bahia. (Leg Bahia)
• Lock, J. M. & C. S. Ford. 2004. Legumes of Malesia: a checklist. (Leg Malesia)
• Matthew, K. M. 1983. The flora of the Tamilnadu Carnatic. (F TamilC)
• McGuffin, M. et al., eds. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. (Herbs Commerce ed2)
• Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970–. Flora of [West] Pakistan. (F Pak)
• Pulle, A. A. et al., eds. 1932–. Flora of Suriname. (F Suriname)
• Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica. (F Iran)
• Täckholm, V. 1974. Students' flora of Egypt, ed. 2. (SF Egypt)
• Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952–. Flora of tropical East Africa. (F TE Afr)
• Verdcourt, B. 1979. A manual of New Guinea legumes. (Leg NewGuin)
• Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora. (Eur Gard F)

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 11, 2012.

Identifiers

• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-18117
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13666293
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:84074-3
• GRIN Nomen Number: 80167
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1475272

Footnotes

1. "Tephrosia". in Flora of Pakistan Page 58. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]

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