Clitoria ternatea

White Clitoria ternatea

Clitoria ternatea

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. Clitoria
Species: Clitoria ternatea

Name

Clitoria ternatea L. (1753)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Clitoria spectabilis Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 336. 1796, nom. illeg.
  • Nauchea ternatea (L.) Descourt., Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 4: 8. 1826.
  • Ternatea ternatea (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 3[3]: 72. 1898, nom. inadmiss.
  • Ternatea vulgaris Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. (Humboldt & al.) 6: 415. 1824.
  • Ternatea ternatea Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 3[3]: 72. 1898, nom. illeg. non Kunth (1824).

• Heterotypic
  • Clitoria albiflora Mattei, Boll. Soc. Palermo 6: 97. 1908.
  • Clitoria bracteata Poir., Encycl., Suppl. (Lamarck) 2: 301. 1811.
  • Clitoria coelestris Siebert & Voss, Vilmorin's Blumengartneri 1: 208 1894, nom. inval.
  • Clitoria mearnsii De Wild., Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 13: (Suppl. Bot.) 8 1925.
  • Clitoria parviflora Raf., Atlantic J. 147. 1832.
  • Clitoria philippensis Perr., Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 3: 110 . 1825.
  • Clitoria pilosula Wall., Numer. List n. 5347. 1831.
  • Clitoria pilosula Wall. ex Benth., J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 2: 37. 1857.
  • Clitoria tanganicensis Micheli, Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique (T. Durand & De Wildeman) 36: 60. 1897.
  • Clitoria ternatea f. albiflora (Voigt) Fantz, Monograph of the genus Clitoria (Leguminosae: Glycineae). 572. 1977; Moscosoa 6: 164. 1990.
  • Clitoria ternatea f. fasciculata Fantz, Monograph of the genus Clitoria (Leguminosae: Glycineae). 571. 1977; Moscosoa 6: 164. 1990.
  • Clitoria ternatea f. leucopetala Fantz, Monograph of the genus Clitoria (Leguminosae: Glycineae). 600. 1977; Bull. Bot. Surv. India 37(1-4): 18. 1995 publ. 2000.
  • Clitoria ternatea f. pauciflora Fantz, Monograph of the genus Clitoria (Leguminosae: Glycineae). 571. 1977, nom. inval.
  • Clitoria ternatea f. subpolyadelpha Fantz, Monograph of the genus Clitoria (Leguminosae: Glycineae). 601. 1977; Bull. Bot. Surv. India 37(1-4): 18. 1995 publ. 2000.
  • Clitoria ternatea var. alba Sweet, Hort. Brit. (Sweet), ed. 2. 140. 1830, nom. nud.
  • Clitoria ternatea var. alba Berhaut, Fl. Senegal 47. 1954.
  • Clitoria ternatea var. albiflora Voigt, Hort. Calcuttensis 213. 1845.
  • Clitoria ternatea var. angustifolia Hochst. ex Baker f. Leg. Trop. Afr. 428. 1929.
  • Clitoria ternatea var. bracteata (Poir.) DC., Prodr. (Candolle) 2: 234. 1825.
  • Clitoria ternatea var. major Paxton, Paxton's Magazine of Botany 13. 1847.
  • Clitoria ternatea var. pilosula (Benth.) Baker, Fl. Brit. Ind. (Hooker) 208. 1879.
  • Clitoria ternatea var. pleniflora Fantz, Monograph of the genus Clitoria (Leguminosae: Glycineae). 591. 1977; Moscosoa 6: 164. 1990.
  • Clitoria ternatensium Crantz, Inst. Rei Herb. 2: 59. 1766.
  • Clitoria zanzibarensis Vatke, Oesterr. Bot. Z. 28: 261. 1878.
  • Lathyrus spectabilis Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 135. 1775.
  • Nauchea bracteata Dupuis. ex Descourt., Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 4: 11. 1826.

References

• Fantz, P.R. 1977. A monograph of the genus Clitoria (Leguminosae: Glycineae). Doctoral Dissertation, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (p. 696-705).
• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum 1: 753.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Clitoria ternatea in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

অসমীয়া: অপৰাজিতা
বাংলা: অপরাজিতা
English: Asian Pigeonwings
suomi: Siniherne
தமிழ்: சங்கு புட்பம்

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