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Taxon: Colutea arborescens L.

Genus: Colutea
Family: Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae) subfamily: Faboideae tribe: Galegeae subtribe: Astragalinae. Also placed in: Papilionaceae
Nomen number: 11200
Place of publication: Sp. pl. 2:723. 1753
Typification: View record from Linnaean Plant Name Typification Project of the Natural History Museum of London.
Name verified on: 20-Jan-1987 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 11-Dec-2001
Species priority site is: Western Regional PI Station (W6).
Accessions: 3 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions. or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.
  • Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.


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Common names:


Economic importance:

  • Environmental: erosion control   (fide Dict Gard)
  • Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard)
  • Environmental: revegetator   (for land reclamation fide L. Gilbert, pers. comm. 1998)
  • Gene sources: ornamental features   (fide Dict Gard)
  • Weed   (fide Rep NCEPPC)
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Distributional range:

      Native:
  • AFRICA
    Northern Africa: Algeria [n.]; Morocco
  • EUROPE
    Middle Europe: Austria; Czechoslovakia; Germany; Hungary; Switzerland
    Southeastern Europe: Albania; Bulgaria; Former Yugoslavia; Greece; Italy [incl. Sardinia, Sicily]; Romania
    Southwestern Europe: France [incl. Corsica]; Spain

      Cultivated:
  • also cultivated

References:

  • Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
  • Browicz, K. 1963. The genus Colutea. Monogr. Bot. 14:28.
  • Campbell, F. T., ed. 1995. Report of National Coalition of Exotic Plant Pest Councils. (unpublished draft)
  • Cronquist, A. et al. 1972–. Intermountain flora. [introd.].
  • Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. [mentions].
  • Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
  • Englert, J. M. et al. 1999–. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators.
  • Gilbert, L. 1998. pers. comm. [re. English common names].
  • Graham, E. H. 1941. Legumes for erosion control and wildlife. USDA Misc. Publ. 412.
  • Hess, H. E. et al. 1976. Flora der Schweiz, ed. 2.
  • Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
  • Jahandiez, E. & R. Maire. 1931–1941. Catalogue des plantes du Maroc.
  • Jordanov, D. et al., eds. 1963–1982. Flora na narodna republika Balgarija.
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
  • Quézel, P. & S. Santa. 1962–1963. Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie.
  • Smythies, B. E. 1984–1986. Flora of Spain and the Balearic Islands: checklist of vascular plants. Englera 3:1-882.
  • Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.
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Synonyms:


Check other web resources for Colutea arborescens L.:

  • Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
  • ILDIS: World Database of Legumes
  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images or nodulation data:

More:
  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy
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USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?11200 (18 May 2013)

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