Tephrosia vogelii

• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Biology
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
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• Further Reading
• Notes

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]

Physical Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 4,936 meters (0 to 16,194 feet).[2]

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Cracca floridana Vail • Cracca intermedia Small • Cracca smallii Vail • Cracca Vogelii • Cracca vogelii (Hook. F.) Kuntze

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: Climbing : Not climbing, Conservation Status: Not Threatened, Habit: Shrub , Habit: Herb, Habit: Tree , 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

• A bibliography of fishes, New York, American Museum of Natural History, 1916-1923. url .
• Bulletin / Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington: G.P.O., 1901-1971. url p. 264, p. 276.
• Bulletin of entomological research. Farnham Royal: Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux. url p. 249.
• Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: The Museum, 1951-1992. url p. 360.
• Comprehensive index to the Flora of Guatemala / Terua P. Williams. 24 1977 [Chicago]: Field Museum of Natural History, 1977. url p. 241.
• Dean bibliography of fishes. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1971-1973. url p. 136.
• Great Basin naturalist memoirs. 1992 [Provo, Utah]Brigham Young University, 1976-1992. url p. 1340, p. 797.
• Inventory of seeds and plants imported / U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Washington, D.C.: G.P.O., 1914-1924. url p. 41.
• Nature. London, etc., Macmillan Journals Ltd., etc. url , .
• Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. Washington, etc.: Entomological Society of Washington url p. 311.
• Report. Harpenden [etc.]Lawes Agricultural Trust [etc.] url p. 35.
• The Review of applied entomology. Farnham Royal, Eng., etc.: Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux, etc. url p. 132, p. 233, p. 415.
• Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 2nd series: Botany 2 1881-87 London. url p. 331.

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:

• Australian National Herbarium
• , Australian National Herbarium
• GBIF-Spain, Real Jardin Botanico
• , Vascular Plant Herbarium
• International Plant Genetic Resources Institute(IPGRI), The System-wide Information Network for Genetic Resources
• Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
• National Herbarium of New South Wales, NSW herbarium collection
• National Herbarium of New South Wales, Plants of Papua New Guinea

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2670289
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-3395
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13625746
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:521002-1
• GRIN Nomen Number: 80185
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 506282
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: TEVO2
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 65396

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 = 1,591.040 meters (5,219.948 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,306.880 based on 47 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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