Tephrosia florida

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Lifespan: Perennial

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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]

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 223 meters (0 to 732 feet).[2]

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Cracca ambigua (M. A. Curtis)kuntze • Cracca angustissima (Chapman)kuntze • Cracca gracillima (Robinson)a. Heller • Galega ambigua M. A. Curtis • Galega florida F. Dietr. • Galega villosa Michx. • Tephrosia ambigua (M. A. Curtis)chapman • Tephrosia ambigua var. gracillima Robinson • Tephrosia florida var. gracillima (B. L. Rob.)shinners • Tephrosia gracillima (Robinson)killip • Tephrosia villosa Pers.

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: Climbing : Not climbing, Habit: Herb, 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

• Isely, D. 1998. Native and naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the United States (exclusive of Alaska and Hawaii). (Leg US)
• Wunderlin, R. P. 1998. Guide to the vascular plants of Florida. (F Florida)

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 11, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 28, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
• ILDIS World Database of Legumes. Release date: May 1, 2007
• ILDIS World Database of LegumesNov 10, 2005.
• Lewis GP, 1994/1995 (from ILDIS).
• 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.
• Schrire BD, 1994-10 (from ILDIS).
• USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (April 27, 2008)

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:

• Bioversity International: The System-wide Information Network for Genetic Resources (SINGER)
• Herbarium of the University of Aarhus: The AAU Herbarium Database
• Missouri Botanical Garden
• University of Alabama Biodiversity and Systematics: Herbarium (UNA)
• USDA PLANTS: USDA PLANTS Database

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3874745
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-7552
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1191122-2
• GRIN Nomen Number: 454581
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 26987
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: TEFLG
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 32724

Footnotes

1. "Tephrosia". in Flora of Pakistan Page 58. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
2. Mean = 41.040 meters (134.646 feet), Standard Deviation = 53.210 based on 113 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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