Clitoria laurifolia

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. Neurocarpum
Sectio: C. sect. Neurocarpum
Species: Clitoria laurifolia

Name

Clitoria laurifolia Poir., 1811

Synonyms

  • Clitoria cajanifolia (C.Presl) Benth., Fl. Bras. 15(1B): 121 (1862)
  • Clitoria cajanifolia f. glabrior Benth., Fl. Bras. 15(1B): 121 (1862)
  • Clitoria erecta Roxb., Hort. Beng. 56 (1814)
  • Clitoria laurifolia f. glabrior (Benth.) Fantz
  • Clitoria parvifolia Pittier, Bol. Tecn. Ministr. Agric. y Cria, Caracas, No. 5, 49 (1944), sine descr. lat.
  • Clitoria vaupellii J.Graham
  • Lotus fluminensis Vell., Fl. Flum. 313
  • Martiusia laurifolia (Poir.) Britton, Sci. Surv. Porto Rico & Virgin Islands 5: 412 (1924)
  • Neurocarpum cajanifolium C.Presl, Symb. Bot. 1: 17, t. 9 (1830)
  • Neurocarpum erectum (Roxb.) Voigt, Hort. Suburb. Calc. 213 (1845)
  • Neurocarpum janense Desv.
  • Neurocarpum laurifolium (Poir.) Desv., Prodr. Pl. Ind. Occid. 51 (1825)
  • Neurocarpum retusum Hassk., Cat. Hort. Bog. Alt. 276 (1844)
  • Ternatea laurifolia (Poir.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 1: 210 (1891)
  • Vexillaria laurifolia (Poir.) Benth., Ann. Wien. Mus. 2: 117 (1838)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Southern America
    • Regional: Brazil
      • Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast
    • Regional: Northern South America
      • French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
    • Regional: Southern South America
      • Paraguay
    • Regional: Caribbean
      • Trinidad-Tobago
    • Introduced into:
      • Borneo, China Southeast, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jawa, Malaya, Mauritius, Myanmar, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Tanzania, Thailand, Vietnam, Windward Is., Zaïre

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

Additional references

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • 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.

Vernacular names

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