Lablab purpureus subsp. purpureus

Lablab purpureus subsp. purpureus

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: Phaseolinae
Genus: Lablab
Species: Lablab purpureus
Subspecies: Lablab purpureus subsp. purpureus

Name

Lablab purpureus subsp. purpureus, autonym

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Dolichos albus Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 439. 1790.
  • Dolichos altissimus Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 438. 1790.
  • Dolichos amoenus Salisb., Prodr. (Salisbury) 334. 1796.
  • Dolichos cultratus Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 134. 1775.
  • Dolichos cultratus Thunb., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 2: 340. 1794, nom. illeg. non Forssk. (1775).
  • Dolichos cuspidatus Graham, Numer. List (Wallich)
  • Dolichos ensiformis Thunb., Fl. Jap., 279. 1784, nom. illeg. non L. (1753).
  • Dolichos lablab L., Sp. Pl. 725. 1753.
  • Dolichos lablab subsp. ensiformis (Thunb.) Rivals, Rev. Bot. Appl. Agr. Trop. 33: 521. 1953.
  • Dolichos lablab subsp. bengalensis (Jacq.) Rivals, Rev. Bot. Appl. 33: 522. 1953.
  • Dolichos lablab subsp. lignosus (Prain) N.Ivan., Kult. Fl. SSSR 4: 658. 1937.
  • Dolichos lablab subsp. vulgaris (Savi) N.Ivan., Kult. Fl. SSSR 4: 658. 1937.
  • Dolichos lablab var. albiflorus (DC.) Millsp., Publ. Field Columb. Mus., Bot. Ser. 1(7): 497. 1902.
  • Dolichos lablab var. bengalensis (Jacq.) Nakai, in?
  • Dolichos lablab var. hortensis Schweinf. & Muschl., Man. Fl. Egypt 1: 551. 1912.
  • Dolichos lablab var. lignosus Prain, in?
  • Dolichos lablab var. typicus Prain, in?
  • Dolichos lignosus Roxb., Fl. Ind. 3: 305. nom. illeg. non L. (1753).
  • Dolichos martinicensis Jacq. ex Medik., Philos. Bot. (Medikus) 1: 205. 1789, nom. inval.
  • Dolichos spicatus Koen. ex Roxb., Hort. Bengal. 55. 1814.
  • Lablab cultratus (Thunb.) DC., Prodromus (Candolle) 2: 402. 1825 [1].
  • Lablab ferrugineus Medik., Vorles. Churpfälz. Phys.-Öcon. Ges., Vorles. Churpfälz. Phys.-Öcon. Ges. 2: 354. 1787.
  • Lablab lablab (L.) A.Lyons, Pl. Nam. 212. 1900, nom. inadmiss.
  • Lablab leucocarpus Savi, Diss. 22. 1821; Nuov. Giorn. Lett., Pisa 7: (Osserv. Gen. Phaseolus & Dolichos, Mem. 2,-23) 121. 1824.
  • Lablab lignosus Graham, Numer. List (Wallich) n. 5537.
  • Lablab martinicensis Medik., Philos. Bot. (Medikus) 1: 205. 1789.
  • Lablab microcarpus DC., Prodromus (Candolle) 2: 402. 1825 [2].
  • Lablab nankinicus Savi, Diss. 22. 1821; Nuov. Giorn. Lett., Pisa 7: (Osserv. Gen. Phaseolus & Dolichos, Mem. 2,-23) 120. 1824.
  • Lablab niger Medik., Vorles. Churpfälz. Phys.-Öcon. Ges. 2: 354. 1787.
  • Lablab niger subsp. bengalensis (Jacq.) Cuf., Enum. Pl. Aeth. Sperm. 340. 1956.
  • Lablab perennans DC., Prodromus (Candolle) 2: 402. 1825 [3].
  • Lablab purpureus subsp. bengalensis (Jacq.) Verdc., Kew Bull. 24: 411. 1970.
  • Lablab purpureus var. lignosus (Prain) Kumari ex Chandrab. & N.C.Nair, Fl. Coimbatore 85. 1988.
  • Lablab rufus Medik., Vorles. Churpfälz. Phys.-Öcon. Ges., Vorles. Churpfälz. Phys.-Öcon. Ges. 2: 354. 1787.
  • Lablab vulgaris Savi, Diss. 19. 1821; Nuov. Giorn. Lett. (Pisa). 8: 116. t. 8a-c. 1824.
  • Lablab vulgaris var. albiflorus DC., Prodr. (Candolle) 2: 401. 1825 [4].
  • Lablab vulgaris var. niger (Medik.) DC., Prodr. (Candolle) 2: 401. 1825 [5].
  • Lablab vulgaris var. purpureus DC., Prodr. (Candolle) 2: 401. 1825 [6].
  • Vigna aristata Piper, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 22: 665. 1926.

Notes

Rather than acceping taxonomic units within the cultivated subspecies, Shivashankar and Kulkarni (1992) described three cultivar groups based on relative position of seeds in the pods:

• Bengalensis Group
• Ensiformis Group
• Lablab Group

References

Primary references

• Medikus, F.K. 1787. Versuch einer neuen Lehrart die Pflanzen nach zwei Methoden zugleich, nehmlich nach der künstlichen und natürlischen, zu ordnen, durch ein Beispiel einer natürlichen Familie erörtert [Neue methode bei Pflanzen zu ordnen] (vorgelesen den 17 May 1786). Vorlesungen der Churpfälzischen physicalisch-öconomischen Gesellschaft 2: [327]–460. Google Books Reference page. 

Additional references

• Shivashankar G. & Kulkarni R.S. 1992. Lablab purpureus. In: van der Maesen LJG, Sadikin Somaatmadja, editors. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). No. 1. Pulses. Pudoc, Wageningen, The Netherlands, 48–50.
• Verdcourt, B. 1970. Kew Bull. 24: 411.