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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
- 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:
Millettieae
()
- Genus:
Tephrosia
()
- Persoon, 1807, nom. cons.
- Hawthorn
- Specific epithet:
coccinea
- Wall.
- Botanical name: - Tephrosia coccinea Wall.
- Specific epithet:
coccinea
- Wall.
- Genus:
Tephrosia
(
- Tribe:
Millettieae
(
- Subfamily:
Papilionoideae
(
- Family:
Leguminosae
(
- Order:
Fabales
(
- Superorder:
Rosanae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Class:
Spermatopsida
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Synonyms
Tephrosia tinctoria var. coccinea Baker
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Comment: Climbing
: Not climbing, Habit: Shrub
, Lifespan: Perennial
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
- Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45 2003 Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1890- url p. 252, p. 583.
- Contributions to the flora of Siam [Aberdeen]Printed for the University1912- url p. 54.
- Contributions to the flora of Siam. .. / by William Grant Craib. .. [Aberdeen]: Printed for the University of Aberdeen, 1912- url p. 54.
- The flora of the presidency of Bombay / By Theodore Cooke. London: Taylor and Francis, 1903-08. url , .
- The gardener's magazine and register of rural & domestic improvement. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, 1826-1844. url p. 210.
- Wallich, N. Plantae Asiaticae rariores, or, Descriptions and figures of a select number of unpublished East Indian plants /by N. Wallich. 1 1830 London: Treuttel and Wu?rtz, 1830-32. url p. 11, p. 12, p. 49.
Notes
Contributors
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3768598
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-21353
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:520466-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2115681
Footnotes
- "Tephrosia". in Flora of Pakistan Page 58. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
