Uraria crinita

Uraria crinita

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: Desmodieae
Subtribus: Desmodiinae
Genus: Uraria
Species: Uraria crinita

Name

Uraria crinita (L.) Desv. ex DC., Prodr. 2: 324 (1825).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Hedysarum crinitum L., Mant. Pl. 1: 102 (1767).
  • Onobrychis crinita (L.) Spreng., Syst. Veg. 3: 205 (1826).
  • Doodia crinita (L.) Roxb., Fl. Ind. ed. 1832, 3: 369 (1832).
• Heterotypic
  • Hedysarum comosum Vahl, Symb. Bot. 2: 84 (1791).
    • Uraria comosa (Vahl) DC., Prodr. 2: 324 (1825).
    • Onobrychis comosa (Vahl) Spreng., Syst. Veg. 3: 205 (1826).
  • Hedysarum lanseum Noronha, Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 5(4): 16 (1790).
  • Uraria macrostachya Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: t. 110 (1830).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: China China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan. Regional: Eastern Asia Nansei-shoto, Taiwan. Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya Sri Lanka (introduced). Regional: Indochina Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam. Regional: Malesia Jawa, Malaya, Sumatera. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• De Candolle, A.P. 1825. Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive enumeratio contracta ordinum, generum, specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarum, juxta methodi naturalis normas digesta. Pars 2: Sistens Calyciflorarum ordines X. 644 pp. Treuttel et Würtz, Parisiis [Paris]. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Uraria crinita in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Nov 22. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Uraria crinita. Published online. Accessed: Nov 22 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Uraria crinita. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 Nov 2020.
• Catalogue of Life: 2023 Annual Checklist
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Uraria crinita in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: Cat's Tail Bean, Foxtail

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