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Vicia benghalensis L.

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HIGHER TAXON: Vicieae

GENUS: Vicia L.

Vicia benghalensis L. [Preferred name]
    Cracca atropurpurea (Desf.)Gren. & Godr. {Synonym}
    Vicia atropurpurea Desf. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Hairy Vetch [210]; Purple Vetch [1902, 1923, 2089]; Winter Vetch [210]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Algeria (N) [454]; Kenya (I) [210]; Morocco (N) [454]; South Africa (I) [483]; Tunisia (N) [454]
  Australasia
Australia (I) [1880];
  Europe
Azores (N) [754]; Balearic Is (N) [754]; Corsica (N) [754]; France (N) [754]; Great Britain (I) [2183]; Greece (N) [754]; Italy (N) [754]; Malta (N) [454]; Portugal (N) [754]; Sardegna (N) [754]; Sicilia (N) [454]; Spain (N) [754]
  Middle East
Israel-Jordan (I) [454]
  North America
United States (I) [2089, 3157]; California [3157]
  Pacific Ocean
New Zealand(North) (I) [2265]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Afromontane (upland) anthropic landscapes [210];
    Cultivated [210];
    Mediterranean anthropic landscapes. [360];
    Mediterranean grasslands. [360];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [210, 456, 754, 1923] ; Illustration [456]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2005-07 (Americas update) Sokolova IV [3157] ; Habit: Herb ; Lifespan: Annual ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Europe) ESFEDS, 1990 (New Zealand & Pacific) Horn P, 1993 Bisby FA

  
USES:
  Environmental [2089, 2265]; Forage [210]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

210.

  Gillett, J.B. et al., 1971
    Papilionoideae.In:Fl.Trop.E.Africa,Milne-Redhead & Polhill

360.

  Quezel, P. & Santa, S., 1962
    Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie et des regions desertiq.merid.1

454.

  Greuter, W. et al. (Eds.), 1989
    Med-Checklist Vol.4 (published)

456.

  Negre, R., 1961
    Petite flore des regions arides du Maroc occidentale.1.CNRS.

483.

  Adamson, R.S. & Salter, T.M., 1950
    Flora of the Cape Peninsula.Juta,Cape Town

754.

  Heywood, V.H. & Ball, P.W., 1968
    Leguminosae.In:Flora Europaea Vol.2.ed.Tutin,T.G.et al.

1880.

  Hnatiuk, R.J., 1990
    Census Australian Vasc. Plants, Bureau Fl. & Fauna, Canberra

1902.

  Terrell, E.E., 1977
    Checklist of Names for 3,000 Vas.Pl... Agric.Handbook No.505

1923.

  Marchant, N.G. et al, 1987
    Flora of the Perth Region, Part 2.

2089.

  Hickman, J.C.(ed.), 1993
    The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California. 1400pp.

2183.

  Stace, C., 1991
    New Flora of the British Isles.Cambridge Univ.Press

2265.

  Horn, P.E., 1988
    Herbarium References

3157.

  Isely, D., 1998
    Native & naturalized Leg.of the USA.Brigham Young Univ.Utah

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