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Description
Genus Clitoria
Climbing
or erect
herbs or shrubs
, rarely trees
. Leaf mostly pinnately 3-9-foliolate; stipels
and stipules present. Inflorescence racemose or axillary
solitary or paired
. Bracts stipule-like; bracteoles large. Calyx 5 toothed
, 2 upper teeth subconnate. Corolla white, red or blue. Vexillum without appendages
, larger than other petals. Stamens monadelphous
or diadelphous
, 9+1, vexillary stamen free; anthers
uniform
or 5 dorsifixed
alternating with 5 subbasifixed. Ovary stipitate
, 2-many ovuled, style more or less flattened, bearded
inside, stigma terminal
. Fruit linear-oblong, compressed
or turgid
.
A genus with about 30 species, distributed in tropics and subtropics.[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:
Phaseoleae
()
- Genus:
Clitoria
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1753
- Pigeonwings
- Specific epithet:
micrantha
- Sm. ex Steud.
- Botanical name: - Clitoria micrantha Sm. ex Steud.
- Specific epithet:
micrantha
- Sm. ex Steud.
- Genus:
Clitoria
(
- Tribe:
Phaseoleae
(
- Subfamily:
Papilionoideae
(
- Family:
Leguminosae
(
- Order:
Fabales
(
- Superorder:
Rosanae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Class:
Spermatopsida
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Clitoria
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 33 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
C. arborea (Burro Yacuana) · C. arborescens (Koeroemoe Enoelae) · C. brachystegia (Flor De La Reina) · C. dendrina (Anima-Flor De Anima) · C. densiflora (Semelos) · C. fairchildiana (Butterfly Pea Tree) · C. falcata (Espelina Falsa) · C. flexuosa (Raca-Sisa) · C. fragrans (Pigeon Wings) · C. froesii (Darume Vine) · C. glaberrima (Anima) · C. guianensis (Catuaba) · C. heterophylla (Kilelo) · C. juninensis (Sapotillo) · C. kaessneri (Muliatchioca) · C. lasciva (Famahyfary) · C. laurifolia (Laurel-Leaf Pigeonwings) · C. macrophylla (Poik Tak Katen) · C. mariana (Atlantic Pigeonwings) · C. mariana var. mariana (Butterfly-Pea) · C. mariana var. orientalis (Butterfly-Pea) · C. mariana var. pubescentia (Butterfly-Pea) · C. mexicana (Frijolillo) · C. nervosa (Chancho) · C. pendens (Gat-Tt) · C. polystachya (Bunijn) · C. pozuzoensis (Soga De Machete) · C. stipularis (Feijao Bravo) · C. ternatea (Asian Pigeon Wings) · C. ternatea var. angustifolia (Butterfly-Pea) · C. ternatea var. ternatea (Butterfly Pea) · C. ternatea 'Alba' (White Butterfly Pea Vine) · C. ternatea 'Blue Sails' (Blue Pea Vine)
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Further Reading
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 9319494
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15560567
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:486557-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3507210
Footnotes
- "Clitoria". in Flora of Pakistan Page 254. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
