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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]
Physical Description
Habit: Herb • Climbing: Not Climbing
Biology
Reproduction
Duration: Annual
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:
gracilipes
- Guill. & Perr.
- Botanical name: - Tephrosia gracilipes Guill. & Perr.
- Specific epithet:
gracilipes
- Guill. & Perr.
- Genus:
Tephrosia
(
- Tribe:
Millettieae
(
- 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, Conservation
Status: Not Threatened,
Habit: Herb, Lifespan: Annual
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
- Flora of tropical Africa. By Daniel Oliver. .. assisted by other botanists. London, L. Reeve, 1868-1902. url p. 119.
- Niger flora; or, An enumeration of the plants of western tropical Africa, collected by the late Dr. Theodore Vogel, botanist to the voyage of the expedition sent by Her Britannic Majesty to the river Niger in 1841, under the command of Capt. H. D. Trotter, R.N., &c.; includ London, H. Bailliere; [etc., etc.]1849. url p. 300.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 11, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 01, 2007:
- Herbarium of the University of Aarhus, The AAU Herbarium Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2847537
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-3261
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13625912
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:520590-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 425379
Footnotes
- "Tephrosia". in Flora of Pakistan Page 58. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
