Vicia bifoliolata

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

Overview

Critically Endangered

Interesting Facts

Description

Habitat

Biome: Terrestrial [1].

Ecology:  

This annual plant occurs in coastal shrublands, preferably along with Cistus monspeliensis, in the eastern coast of Menorca over siliceous soils. It can also grow in halophile grasslands over partially flooded sandy soils in exposed sites, along with Juncus acutus (Fraga et al. 2004).






[1].

List of Habitats :

•     3     Shrubland   
  
•     3.8     Shrubland - Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Vicia filicaulis

Notes

A tentatively accepted name in the RHS Horticultural Database.

The name Vicia bifoliolata is accepted by Flora Iberica (Castroviejo et al. 2000), although Euro+Med Plantbase (2006-2011) and ILDIS (2010) treat it as a synonym of Vicia filicaulis Webb & Berthel..[1].

Similar Species

Members of the genus Vicia

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 266 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

V. acutifolia (Fourleaf Vetch) · V. alpestris (Goroshek Gornyi) · V. americana (American Deervetch) · V. americana americana (American Purple Vetch) · V. americana mexicana (American Vetch) · V. americana minor (American Vetch) · V. americana var. sinensis (American Vetch) · V. amoena (Cheder Ebs) · V. amoena amoena (Tsuru Fuji Bakama) · V. amurensis (Amaryn Gish) · V. articulata (Monantha Vetch) · V. benghalensis (Hairy Vetch) · V. bithynica (Bithynian Vetch) · V. caroliniana (Carolina Vetch) · V. cassubica (Danzig Vetch) · V. ciceroidea (Goroshek Nutovyi) · V. cracca (Bird Vetch) · V. cracca cracca (Bird Vetch) · V. cracca incana (Bird Vetch) · V. crocea (Goroshek Oranzhevyi) · V. disperma (European Vetch) · V. ervilia (Bitter Vetch) · V. faba (Ackerbohne) · V. faba faba (Ackerbohne) · V. faba minor (Fava-Bean) · V. faba paucijuga (Field Bean) · V. faba var. equina (Field-Bean) · V. faba var. minor (Ackerbohne) · V. faba 'Ackerperle' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Acme' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Alexandria' (Broad Bean 'alexandria') · V. faba 'Alladin' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Andes' Tan' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Annie Steffan's' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Ants' Purple' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Aprovecho' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Aprovecho Large' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Aprovecho Select' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Aquadulce' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Aquadulce Claudia' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Ascott' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Aztec' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Aztec Yellow' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Baba Beltzu' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Banner' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Bell' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Beryl' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Big Ben' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Blue Anton' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Bohusbone' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Bohus Delikatess' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Bonnie Lad' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Bope' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Bowman' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Broad Windsor' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Brunette' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Bunyard's Exhibition' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Cairo Market' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Castillo Franco' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Chak'rusga' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Chiapas Red and Tan' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Coffee Bean' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Coles Dwarf' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Colossal' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Conqueror' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Con Amore' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Copper Fava' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Cordiero' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Crimson-Flowered' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Cuku Pupas' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Cypriot Fava' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Dali' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Deiniol' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Dreadnaught' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Driemaal Wit' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Dwarf Prolific' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Egyptian' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'English Longpod' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Espanola Valley' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Excel' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Express' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Express Longpod' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Extra Early Purple Seed' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Extra Early White Seed' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Feligreen' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Fidrim' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Fillbasket' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Finland' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Foul Muddammmas' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Franz Nachbau' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Frog Island Nation' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Fury' (Broad Bean 'fury') · V. faba 'Futura' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Giant Exhibition Longpod' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Goteryd' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Grebo' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Green Windsor' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Grosse Bohne' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Guatemalan Purple' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Gubbestad' (Broad Bean)

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Further Reading

• 1997 IUCN red list of threatened plants Cambridge: IUCN, World Conservation Union, 1998 url p. 380.
• Preliminary draft list of plant species for inclusion in a 'Responsibility List' of European plants WCMC url p. 111.

Notes

Contributors

• Bilz, M. 2011. Vicia bifoliolata. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 05February2012.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 11, 2012.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2850615
• IUCN ID: 248585
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 4045220

Footnotes

1. Bilz, M. 2011. Vicia bifoliolata. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 05 February 2012. [back]

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