Tephrosia onobrychoides

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• Common Names
• Description
• Biology
• Taxonomy
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Overview

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]

Physical Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 518 meters (0 to 1,699 feet).[2]

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Cracca angustifolia (Featherm.)pennell • Cracca onobrychodes (Nutt.) Kuntze • Cracca onobrychodes (Nutt.)kuntze • Cracca texana Rydb. • Tephrosia angustifolia Featherm. • Tephrosia multiflora Featherm. • Tephrosia onobrychoides var. texana J. F. Macbr. • Tephrosia texana (Rydb.)cory

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

• Bibliographical index to North American botany; or, Citations of authorities for all the recorded indigenous and naturalized species of the flora of North America, with a chronological arrangement of the synonymy. by Sereno Watson. Washington, Smithsonian Institution, 1878. url p. 260.
• Boston journal of natural history. 6 1850 - 18 Boston, Boston Society of Natural History. url p. 172, p. 214.
• Botanic contributions relating to the flora of western North America [by] Gray, Engelmann, Torrey [and] Fre?mont. v.p., 1843-53 url p. 172, p. 214, p. 241.
• Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. 22 1895 New York: Torrey Botanical Club, 1870-1996 url p. 29.
• Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 1 1890-1895 Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1890- url p. 191.
• Flora of the southern United States, containing an abridged description of the flowering plants and ferns of Tennessee, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida; arranged according to the natural system by A.W. Chapman. New York, American Book Company[1897] url p. 615.
• Phytologia. Bronx Park, New York, H.A. Gleason and H.N. Moldenke, url p. 117, p. 138, p. 140, p. 187, p. 273, p. 328, p. 435.
• Plant life of Alabama, an account of the distribution, modes of association, and adaptations of the flora of Alabama, together with a systematic catalogue of the plants growing in the state. By Charles Mohr. .. Montgomery, Ala., Brown printing co., 1901. url p. 566.
• Plantae Lindheimerianae: an enumeration of F. Lindheimer's collection of Texan plants, with remarks and descriptions of new species, etc. / by George Engelmann and Asa Gray. Boston: Printed by Freeman and Bolles, 1845-[1907] url p. 172, p. 33, p. 6.
• Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Boston: Metcalf and Co., 1846-1958 url p. 424.
• Spermatophytes, mostly Peruvian. .. by J. Francis Macbride. .. 4 1929 Chicago, 1929. url p. 193.
• The American journal of science. 2 1871 New Haven, Kline Geology Laboratory, Yale University. url p. 375.

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 November 22, 2007:

• Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
• USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database
• University of Alabama Biodiversity and Systematics, Herbarium

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2651014
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-7572
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13640931
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:250397-2
• GRIN Nomen Number: 311045
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 26991
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: TETE6
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 32725

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 = 80.810 meters (265.125 feet), Standard Deviation = 77.890 based on 113 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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