Clitoria laurifolia

Clitoria laurifolia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fabales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Phaseoleae
Subtribus: Clitoriinae
Genus: Clitoria
Subgenus: C. subg. Neurocarpum
Sectio: C. sect. Neurocarpum
Species: Clitoria laurifolia

Name

Clitoria laurifolia Poir., 1811

Synonyms

• Clitoria cajanifolia (C.Presl) Benth., Fl. Bras. 15(1B): 121 (1862)
• Clitoria cajanifolia f. glabrior Benth., Fl. Bras. 15(1B): 121 (1862)
• Clitoria erecta Roxb., Hort. Beng. 56 (1814)
• Clitoria laurifolia f. glabrior (Benth.) Fantz
• Clitoria parvifolia Pittier, Bol. Tecn. Ministr. Agric. y Cria, Caracas, No. 5, 49 (1944), sine descr. lat.
• Clitoria vaupellii J.Graham
• Lotus fluminensis Vell., Fl. Flum. 313
• Martiusia laurifolia (Poir.) Britton, Sci. Surv. Porto Rico & Virgin Islands 5: 412 (1924)
• Neurocarpum cajanifolium C.Presl, Symb. Bot. 1: 17, t. 9 (1830)
• Neurocarpum erectum (Roxb.) Voigt, Hort. Suburb. Calc. 213 (1845)
• Neurocarpum janense Desv.
• Neurocarpum laurifolium (Poir.) Desv., Prodr. Pl. Ind. Occid. 51 (1825)
• Neurocarpum retusum Hassk., Cat. Hort. Bog. Alt. 276 (1844)
• Ternatea laurifolia (Poir.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 1: 210 (1891)
• Vexillaria laurifolia (Poir.) Benth., Ann. Wien. Mus. 2: 117 (1838)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America Regional: Brazil Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast Regional: Northern South America French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela Regional: Southern South America Paraguay Regional: Caribbean Trinidad-Tobago Introduced into: Borneo, China Southeast, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jawa, Malaya, Mauritius, Myanmar, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Tanzania, Thailand, Vietnam, Windward Is., Zaïre References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Lamarck, J.-B. & Poiret, J.L.M. 1811–1812. Encyclopédie Méthodique. Botanique. Supplément. Tome 2. 876 pp. Paris: H. Agasse. BHL Reference page. : 2:301.

Additional references

• Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
• Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Clitoria laurifolia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jun 23. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Clitoria laurifolia. Published online. Accessed: Jun 23 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Clitoria laurifolia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 Jun 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Clitoria laurifolia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jun 23. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Clitoria laurifolia. Accessed: 23 Jun 2021.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Clitoria laurifolia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

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