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Internal ID UUID643fd8657d79f920914856
Scientific name Centrosema virginianum
Authority (L.) Benth.
First published in Comm. Legum. Gen.: 56 (1837)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Clitoria virginiana L. Sp. Pl.: 753 (1753)
Centrosema virginianum var. angustifolium Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. I.: 193 (1860)
Bradburya virginiana (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl.1: 164 (1891)
Clitoria amoena Roth Arch. Bot. (Leipzig)1(3): 42 (1798)
Clitoria gladiata Schrank Syll. Pl. Nov.1: 229 (1824)
Steganotropis conjugata Lehm. Index Seminum (HBG, Hamburgensis)1826: 18 (1826)
Clitoria gemina Vell. Fl. Flumin.: 313, t. 130 (1829)
Centrosema biflorum Mart. ex Benth. Comm. Legum. Gen.: 56 (1837)
Centrosema micranthum Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. 1: 386 in syn., sphalm. 1840
Centrosema scabriusculum Hassk. Pl. Jav. Rar.: 377 (1848)
Clitoria alabamensis Bertol. Misc. Bot.9: 12 (1851)
Bradburya biflora (Mart. ex Benth.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl.1: 164 (1891)
Clitoria virginiana var. angustifolia DC. Prodr.2: 234 (1825)
Centrosema conjugatum (Lehm.) Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 325 (1840)
Centrosema virginiana (L.) Benth.
Bradburya decumbens Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl.1: 164 (1891)
Glycine pugiunculus Desv. Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris)9: 414 (1826)
Centrosema virginianum var. ellipticum (DC.) Fernald Rhodora43: 587 (1941)
Nauchea virginiana (L.) Descourt. Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris4: 9 (1826)
Bradburya erecta Raf. Fl. Ludov.: 105 (1817)
Clitoria oblonga Hassk. Flora25(2, Beibl. 1): 48 (1842)
Dolichos aristatus L. Sp. Pl. ed. 2: 1021 (1763)
Dolichos scabriuscidus Hassk. Flora25(2, Beibl. 1): 50 (1842)
Bradburya conjugata Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl.1: 164 (1891)
Bradburya virginiana var. angustifolia (DC.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl.3(3): 53 (1898)
Centrosema decumbens Mart. ex Benth. Comm. Legum. Gen.: 56 (1837)
Clitoria virginiana var. elliptica DC. Prodr.2: 234 (1825)
Cruminium virginianum (L.) Britton Bull. Torrey Bot. Club18: 269 (1891)
Clitoria calcarigera Salisb. Parad. Lond.1: t. 51 (1806)
Vexillaria virginiana (L.) Eaton Man. Bot.: 83 (1817)
Ternatea virginiana J.St.-Hil. Expos. Fam. Nat.2: 226 (1805)
Centrosema virginianum subsp. angustifolium (Griseb.) Hadač Folia Geobot. Phytotax.5: 432 (1970)
Clitoria virginiana var. ovata DC. Prodr.2: 234 (1825)
Bradburya virginiana var. flavida Kuntze Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb.3: 53 (1898)
Centrosema decumbens C.Mart.
Clitoria micrantha Sm. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 1: 386 (1840)
Centrosema virginianum var. genuinum Stehlé & Quentin Fl. Guadeloupe 2(2): 108 (1948)

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- Native
  • Africa
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Ghana
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Gabon
    • Western Indian Ocean
      • Réunion
  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Central
      • Mexico Gulf
      • Mexico Northeast
      • Mexico Northwest
      • Mexico Southeast
      • Mexico Southwest
    • North-central U.S.A.
      • Oklahoma
    • Northeastern U.S.A.
      • Pennsylvania
    • South-central U.S.A.
      • Texas
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Alabama
      • Arkansas
      • Delaware
      • Florida
      • Georgia
      • Kentucky
      • Louisiana
      • Maryland
      • Mississippi
      • North Carolina
      • South Carolina
      • Tennessee
      • Virginia
  • Southern America
    • Brazil
      • Brazil North
      • Brazil Northeast
      • Brazil South
      • Brazil Southeast
      • Brazil West-central
    • Caribbean
      • Bahamas
      • Cayman Islands
      • Cuba
      • Dominican Republic
      • Haiti
      • Jamaica
      • Leeward Islands
      • Netherlands Antilles
      • Puerto Rico
      • Southwest Caribbean
      • Trinidad-Tobago
      • Turks-caicos Islands
      • Venezuelan Antilles
      • Windward Islands
    • Central America
      • Belize
      • Costa Rica
      • El Salvador
      • Guatemala
      • Honduras
      • Nicaragua
      • Panamá
    • Northern South America
      • French Guiana
      • Guyana
      • Suriname
      • Venezuela
    • Southern South America
      • Argentina Northeast
      • Argentina Northwest
      • Paraguay
      • Uruguay
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia
      • Colombia
      • Ecuador
      • Peru

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000179164
Florida Plant Atlas 889
Flora of Alabama 1896
USDA Plants CEVI2
Tropicos 13008086
INPN 629300
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:51897-2
The Plant List ild-2533
Open Tree Of Life 964020
Observations.org 198604
NCBI Taxonomy 167617
Nature Serve 2.137197
IPNI 51897-2
iNaturalist 127681
GBIF 2964906
Freebase /m/0jt4w_r
EPPO COSVI
EOL 643345
Elurikkus 342821
USDA GRIN 9850
Wikipedia Centrosema_virginianum

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Plant Resource Use and Pattern of Usage by the Naturalized Orchid Bee (Euglossa dilemma: Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Florida Pemberton RW Insects 27-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10743517
doi:10.3390/insects14120909
PMID:38132583
Effects of season of fire on bee‐flower interaction diversity in a fire‐maintained pine savanna Ulyshen M, Robertson K, Horn S, Dixon C Ecol Evol 21-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10441176
doi:10.1002/ece3.10450
PMID:37608923
Alien and Potentially Invasive Plants in Four Lagoons on the Island of Cozumel, Mexico Castillo-Campos G, García-Franco JG, Martínez ML, Pale-Pale JJ Plants (Basel) 08-May-2023
PMCID:PMC10180815
doi:10.3390/plants12091918
PMID:37176976
Warmer Temperature and Spatiotemporal Dynamics during Primary Succession on Tropical Coastal Dunes Martínez ML, Pérez-Maqueo O, Vázquez G, Landgrave R Plants (Basel) 09-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC9697752
doi:10.3390/plants11223029
PMID:36432756
In Silico Analysis and Functional Characterization of Antimicrobial and Insecticidal Vicilin from Moth Bean (Vigna aconitifolia (Jacq.) Marechal) Seeds Ateeq M, Adeel MM, Kanwal A, Tahir ul Qamar M, Saeed A, Khaliq B, Saeed Q, Atiq MN, Bilal M, Alharbi M, Alshammari A, Akrem A Molecules 19-May-2022
PMCID:PMC9145308
doi:10.3390/molecules27103251
PMID:35630727
Tectorigenin, a Phytoalexin of Centrosema haitiense and Other Centrosema Species K enneth R. Markham, John L. Ingham Walter de Gruyter GmbH 02-Aug-2018
doi:10.1515/ZNC-1980-11-1208
Florivory and nectar-robbing perforations in flowers of pointleaf manzanita Arctostaphylos pungens (Ericaceae) and their effects on plant reproductive success Eliyahu D, McCall AC, Lauck M, Trakhtenbrot A Arthropod Plant Interact 08-Oct-2015
PMCID:PMC4723111
doi:10.1007/s11829-015-9399-3
PMID:26811740
Redescription of Japanagromyza inferna Spencer, first recorded from Brazil, and a key to the Neotropical species of Japanagromyza Sasakawa (Diptera, Agromyzidae) de Sousa VR, Couri MS Zookeys 28-Jan-2014
PMCID:PMC3909811
doi:10.3897/zookeys.374.6188
PMID:24493964

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Isoflavonoids / O-methylated isoflavonoids / 4-O-methylated isoflavonoids / 4-O-methylisoflavones
Formononetin 5280378 Click to see 268.26 unknown https://doi.org/10.1515/ZNC-1980-11-1208

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