Vigna unguiculata

Vigna unguiculata

Vigna unguiculata

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: Vigna
Subgenus: V. subg. Catiang
Species: Vigna unguiculata
Subspecies: V. u. subsp. aduensis – V. u. subsp. alba – V. u. subsp. baoulensis – V. u. subsp. burundiensis – V. u. subsp. letouzeyi – V. u. subsp. pawekiae – V. u. subsp. pubescens – V. u. subsp. stenophylla – V. u. subsp. tenuis – V. u. subsp. unguiculata

Name

Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.

Synonyms

• Dolichos unguiculatus L.
• Phaseolus unguiculatus (L.) Piper
• Vigna unguiculata subvar. typica Bertoni

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Introduced into: Alabama, Algeria, Andaman Is., Arkansas, Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Cambodia, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Egypt, Fiji, Florida, French Guiana, Georgia, Gilbert Is., Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Illinois, India, Iraq, Jamaica, Jawa, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Korea, Laccadive Is., Laos, Leeward Is., Libya, Louisiana, Madagascar, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Myanmar, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Niger, North Carolina, North Caucasus, Pakistan, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Somalia, South Carolina, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Tadzhikistan, Thailand, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Windward Is., Yemen References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Walpers, G.G. 1842–1843. Repertorium Botanices Systematicae. Tomus I. 947 pp. Sumtibus Friderici Hofmeister, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. BHL Reference page. : 1:779.

Additional references

• Balkrishna, A. (2018). Flora of Morni Hills (Research & Possibilities): 1-581. Divya Yoga Mandir Trust.
• Forzza, R.C., Zappi, D. & Souza, V.C. (2016-continuously updated). Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção http://reflora.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/listaBrasil/ConsultaPublicaUC/ResultadoDaConsultaNovaConsulta.do.
• Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Vigna unguiculata in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 May 24. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Vigna unguiculata. Published online. Accessed: May 24 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Vigna unguiculata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 May 24.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Vigna unguiculata. 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 on the internet. Accessed: 2021 May 24. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Vigna unguiculata. Accessed: 24 May 2021.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Vigna unguiculata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2021 May 24.

Vernacular names

Akan: Edua
Deutsch: Augenbohne
English: Cowpea, black-eyed pea, crowder pea, southern pea
suomi: Lehmänpapu, pitkäpapu
français: Haricot kilomètre
Bahasa Indonesia: Cowpea
Mirandés: Chícharo
Nederlands: indiaanse boon, katjang pandjang, ogenboon, spaghettiboon, vignaboon
português: Feijão-frade
русский: Коровий горох
svenska: Ögonböna
Kiswahili: Kunde
Türkçe: Börülce

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