Taxon: Clitoria falcata Lam.

• the 3 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Economic importance:

• View phytochemical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Northern Mexico: Mexico - San Luis Potosi
  Southern Mexico: Mexico - Chiapas, Nayarit [s.], Oaxaca, Veracruz, Yucatan
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Caribbean: Cuba; Guadeloupe [introd.?]; Hispaniola; Martinique [introd.?]; Puerto Rico
  Mesoamerica: Central America
  South America [tropical]

• AFRICA
  East Tropical Africa: Tanzania - Zanzibar
  Africa

References:

• Fantz, P. R. 1989. pers. comm.
• Fantz, P. R. 1995. Taxonomic notes on new varieties of species of Clitoria (Leguminosae: Phaseoleae: Clitoriinae). Sida 16:723.
• Howard, R. 1974–1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
• Lewis, G. P. & P. E. Owen. 1989. Legumes of the Ilha de Maraca.
• Lewis, G. P. 1987. Legumes of Bahia.
• Liogier, H. A. & L. F. Martorell. 1982. Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands: a systematic synopsis.
• Lourteig, A. 1988. Nomenclatura plantarum americanarum. VII. Leguminosae. Phytologia 65:395. [identity uncertain, not = to C. rubiginosa Pers.].
• McVaugh, R. 1983–. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
• Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943–1980. Flora of Panama.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Clitoria falcata.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Clitoria falcata.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Clitoria falcata.

Synonyms:

• (=) Clitoria glycinoides DC.
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Clitoria rubiginosa Pers.
  (previously associated with 3 accessions)

Check other web resources for Clitoria falcata Lam.:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ILDIS: World Database of Legumes
• 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:

• Fruit: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• GRIN nodulation data

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional 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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