Clitoria arborescens

Clitoria arborescens

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. Bractearia
Sectio: C. sect. Cauliflorae
Species: Clitoria arborescens

Name

Clitoria arborescens R.Br., 1812

Synonyms

• Clitoria amoena Miq., Nat. Verh. Wet. Haarl. 7: (1851) 24
• Clitoria poitaei Benth., Ann. Nat. Hist. 3: 434 (1839), orth. var.
• Clitoria poiteaui DC., Prod. 2: 234 (1825)
• Ternatea arborescens (Aiton) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 210 (1891)
• Dolichos spurius G.Mey.
• Mucuna spuria (G.Mey.) Steud.
• Stizolobium meyeri Spreng.
• Stizolobium spurium (G.Mey.) Kuntze

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional: Northern South America Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela Regional: Caribbean Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Brown, R. in W. T. Aiton, 1812. Hortus Kew. ed. 2, 4:302.

Additional references

• Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
• Govaerts, R. 1999. World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b). 1532 pp.. MIM, Deurne. ISBN 90-5720-098-8 (issue 1), ISBN 90-5720-099-6 (issue 2b). Reference page. 
• 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 arborescens in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 13. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Clitoria arborescens. Published online. Accessed: May 13 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Clitoria arborescens. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 May 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Clitoria arborescens. 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 May 13. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Clitoria arborescens. Accessed: 13 May 2021.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Clitoria arborescens in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

For more multimedia, look at Clitoria arborescens on Wikimedia Commons.