Clitoria

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
Subgenera: C. subg. Bractearia – C. subg. Clitoria – C. subg. Neurocarpum
Species (59): C. amazonum – C. andrei – C. annua – C. arborea – C. arborescens – C. australis – C. biflora – C. brachycalyx – C. brachystegia – C. canescens – C. cavalcantei – C. cordiformis – C. cordobensis – C. coriacea – C. dendrina – C. densiflora – C. epetiolata – C. fairchildiana – C. falcata – C. flagellaris – C. flexuosa – C. fragrans – C. froesii – C. glaberrima – C. guianensis – C. hanceana – C. hermannii – C. heterophylla – C. humilis – C. irwinii – C. javanica – C. javitensis – C. juinensis – C. kaessneri – C. kaieteurensis – C. lasciva – C. laurifolia – C. leptostachya – C. linearis – C. macrophylla – C. mariana – C. mexicana – C. monticola – C. moyobambensis – C. nana – C. nervosa – C. obidensis – C. pendens – C. plumosa – C. polystachya – C. pozuzoensis – C. sagotii – C. selloi – C. simplicifolia – C. stipularis – C. ternatea – C. triflora – C. tunuhiensis – C. woytkowskii

Name

Clitoria L., Sp. Pl. 2: 753 (1753)

Type species: Clitoria ternatea L.

Synonyms

Barbieria DC., Mem. Leg. 241, t. 39 (1825)
Clitoriastrum Heist.
Macrotrullion Klotzsch
Martia Leandro, Denkschr. Königl. Akad. Wiss. München, Cl. Math. Phys. 7: 233. Jul-Dec 1821, nom. illeg. non Sprengel (1818).
Martiusia Schult., Mant. 1: 69, 226 (1822).
Nauchea Descourt., Mem. Soc. Linn. Par. 4: (1826) 7
Neurocarpum Desv., J. Bot. Agric. 1: 119 (1813).
Rhombifolium Rich. ex DC., Prod. (Candolle) 2: 235 (1825), nom. inval.
Rhombolobium Rich. ex H.B.K., Nov. Gen. Sp. 6: 406 (1824), nom. inval.
Ternatea Mill., Gard. Dict. Abridg. Ed. 4 (1754)
Vexillaria Raf., Am. Monthly Mag. 268 (1818)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Tropics & Subtropics
- Alabama, Angola, Argentina Northeast, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Delaware, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Florida, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Hainan, Honduras, Illinois, India, Indiana, Iowa, Jawa, Kansas, Kentucky, Kenya, Laos, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Madagascar, Maine, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Nicaragua, Nigeria, North Carolina, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Oklahoma, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Dakota, Sudan, Suriname, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam, Virginia, West Himalaya, West Virginia, Western Australia, Windward Is., Wisconsin, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Introduced into:
- Aldabra, Andaman Is., Aruba, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Canary Is., Cayman Is., Chad, Christmas I., Comoros, Cook Is., Egypt, Fiji, Galápagos, Gilbert Is., Haiti, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Laccadive Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Malaya, Maldives, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Niger, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Seychelles, Society Is., Solomon Is., Southwest Caribbean, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Tonga, Venezuelan Antilles

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

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 753. Reference page.

Additional references

Govaerts, R. 1999. World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b). 1532 pp.. MIM, Deurne. ISBN 90-5720-098-8 (issue 1), ISBN 90-5720-099-6 (issue 2b). Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Clitoria in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 12. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Clitoria. Published online. Accessed: May 12 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Clitoria. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 May 2021.
Hassler, M. 2021. Clitoria. 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 online. Accessed: 2021 May 12. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Clitoria. Accessed: 12 May 2021.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Clitoria in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 10-Apr-2009.

Vernacular names

suomi: Siniherneet

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