Taxon: Aeschynomene virginica (L.) Britton et al.

Species on the following lists:

• Center for Plant Conservation
  
• U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service - Threatened
  
• Check conservation status and distribution in NatureServe Explorer database

Common names:

• sensitive joint-vetch   (Source: US Fish & Wildl List ) – English
  

Economic importance:

• View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - New Jersey [one extant population], Pennsylvania [s.e. (not seen since 1800's)]
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Delaware [not seen since 1800's], Maryland [s.], North Carolina [e.], Virginia [e.]

References:

• Brown, R. G. & M. L. Brown. 1984. Herbaceous plants of Maryland. (HPl Mary)
• Carulli, J. P. & D. E. Fairbrothers. 1988. Allozyme variation in three eastern United States species of Aeschynomene (Fabaceae), including the rare A. virginica. Syst. Bot. 13:559–566.
• Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1963. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. (Glea Cron)
• Isely, D. 1998. Native and naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the United States (exclusive of Alaska and Hawaii). (Leg US)
• Perry, J. E. et al. 1998. Aeschynomene indica L. (Fabaceae) in Virginia. Castanea 63:192–193.
• Radford, A. E. et al., eds. 1980–. Vascular flora of the southeastern United States. (F SE US)
• Radford, A. E. et al. 1964. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas. (F Carolin)
• Rudd, V. E. 1955. The American species of Aeschynomene. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 32:56.
• Smith, E. B. 1978. An atlas and annotated list of the vascular plants of Arkansas. (L Arkansas) [apparently a misidentification].
• Tyndall, R. W. et al. 1996. Aeschynomene virginica (L.) BSP. (Fabaceae) in Maryland. Castanea 61:86–89.
• United States Fish and Wildlife Service. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Species Information: threatened and endangered animals and plants - on-line resource. (US Fish & Wildl List)

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Aeschynomene virginica.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Aeschynomene virginica. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for Aeschynomene virginica (L.) Britton et al.:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ILDIS: International Legume Database & Information Service
• 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.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• 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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