[Home | Genus | Latin names]

Clitoria guianensis (Aubl.)Benth.

Email comments
HIGHER TAXON: Phaseoleae

GENUS: Clitoria L.

Clitoria guianensis (Aubl.)Benth. [Preferred name]
    Clitoria guianensis var. subsessilis (Rose)Croat {Synonym}
    Clitoria guyanensis (Aubl.)Benth. {Orthographic variant}
    Clitoria guyanensis (Aubl.)Standl. {Synonym}
    Clitoria subsessilis Rose {Synonym}
    Crotalaria guianensis Aubl. {Synonym}
    Crotalaria longifolia Lam. {Synonym}
    Neurocarpum angustifolium Kunth {Synonym}
    Neurocarpum campestre C.Mart. {Synonym}
    Neurocarpum frigidulum Benth. {Synonym}
    Neurocarpum longifolium Benth. {Synonym}
    Ternatea guianensis (Aubl.)Kuntze {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Catuaba [2922]; Espelina Falsa [2922]; Frijolito [2945]; Generala [2931, 2945]; Mauve Bell [2945]; Papo De La Reina [2922]; Quarapar-tabai [2922]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Caribbean
Caribbean-TRP (N) [1243]; Cuba (N) [2928]
  Central America
Belize (N) [1242, 2945, 2946]; Costa Rica (N) [2945, 2946]; Guatemala (N) [1645, 2945, 2946]; Honduras (N) [1645, 2945, 2946]; Mexico (N) [1243, 2928, 2945, 2946]; Mexico(North & Central) (N) [2945]; Oaxaca [2945]; Veracruz [2945]; Mexico(South East) (N) [2945]; Chiapas [2945]; Tabasco [2945]; Panama (N) [1224, 1243, 2945, 2946]
  South America
Bolivia (N) [2922]; Brazil (N) [1231, 1400, 1414, 1645, 2922, 2927, 2928, 2931]; Amapa [2922]; Bahia [2922]; Ceara [2922]; Goias [2922]; Mato Grosso [2927]; Minas Gerais [2931]; Para [2922]; Sao Paulo [2922]; Colombia (N) [1231, 1400, 1645]; French Guiana (N) [1243, 1400, 1408, 2285, 2947]; Guyana (N) [1400, 2285, 2947]; Surinam (N) [1400, 2285, 2947]; Venezuela (N) [1231, 1400, 2931]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1243] ; Distribution Map [2922] ; Illustration [1243]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing ; Further editing: 2005-07 (Americas update) Sokolova IV [3348] ; Habit: Herb, Shrub ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1999 Fantz PR ; Source(s): 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL

  
USES:
  Environmental [2922]; Medicine [2924, 2931]

  
NOTES:
  Often confused with C.epetiolata & C.laurifolia. [2925]
  Either a suffrutescent herb or a subshrub. [2928]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1224.

  D'Arcy, W.G., 1987
    Monogr.Syst.Botany Missouri Botanical Garden. Flora Panama.

1231.

  Ducke, A., 1949
    Bol.Tecn.Inst.Agron.N.18:1-248 Notas Flora Neotropica-II:Ama

1242.

  Dwyer, J.D. & Spellman, D.L., 1981
    Rhodora 83(834):161-236 A List of Dicotyledoneae of Belize

1243.

  Dwyer, J.D. et al., 1980
    Ann.Missouri Bot.Gard.67(3):523-818 ...Papilionoideae

1400.

  Lasser, T. & Maguire, B., 1954
    Bol.Soc.Venez.Ci.Nat.15(81):97-106 Plantas...de La Guayana

1645.

  Standley, P.C. & Steyermark, J.A, 1946
    Fieldiana, Bot. 24(5):1-425 Leguminosae

2285.

  Boggan, V. et al., 1993
    Checklist of plants of the Guianas. Univ.Guyana. Georgetown.

2922.

  Fantz, P.R., 1978
    Dissertation Abstracts Int.38(11). Monograph of Clitoria

2924.

  Fantz, P.R., 1992
    J.Econ.Bot.45(4):511-520.Ethnobotany of Clitoria in SE Asia.

2925.

  Fantz, P.R., 1995
    Personal communication

2927.

  Fantz, P.R., 1995
    Sida 16(4):721-730.Taxonomic notes on new vars of...Clitoria

2928.

  Fantz, P.R., 1990
    Moscosoa 6:152-166. Clitoria Antillarum

2931.

  Fantz, P.R., 1999
    In Steyermark,J.et al.Flora of Venezuelan Guyana Vol 5

2945.

  Fantz, P.R.(in press), 0
    Clitoria/Barbieria. In Flora Mesoamerica

2946.

  Fantz, P.R., 2001
    In D.W.Stevens(ed.)Flora de Nicaragua.Missouri Bot.Monogr.85

2947.

  Fantz, P.R.(in press), 0
    In Utrecht(ed.)Flora of the Guianas

3348.

  Stevens, W.D., et al., 2001
    Flora de Nicaragua,85(2)...Missouri Bot.Gard.Press
[Home | Genus | Latin names]
Version 10.38 20 July 2010
© ILDIS 2006-2013
Page last revised:  24/01/2013,  14:54:26    Aweb for Alice overview