Tephrosia virginiana
Tephrosia virginiana

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: Millettieae
Genus: Tephrosia
Species: Tephrosia virginiana

Name

Tephrosia virginiana (L.) Pers., 1807

Synonyms

  • Cracca holosericea (Nutt.) Britten & Baker f.
  • Cracca latidens Small
  • Cracca leucosericea Rydb.
  • Cracca virginiana L.
  • Cracca virginiana var. holosericea (Nutt.) Vail
  • Galega virginiana (L.) L.
  • Tephrosia holosericea Nutt.
  • Tephrosia latidens (Small) Standl.
  • Tephrosia leucosericea (Rydb.) Cory
  • Tephrosia virginiana var. glabra Nutt.
  • Tephrosia virginiana var. holosericea (Nutt.) Torr. & A.Gray
  • Tephrosia virginiana var. leucosericea (Rydb.) F.J.Herm.
  • Tephrosia virginica Bigelow


Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Regional: Eastern USA
      • Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin

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

References

Primary references

Additional references

  • Chester, E.W., Wofford, B.E., Shaw, J.T., Estes, D. & Webb, D.H. (eds.) 2015. Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee. 813 pp., University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville. ISBN 978-1-62190-100-6. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Catgut, Devil's Shoestring, Goats Rue
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