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Tephrosia virginiana (L.)Pers.

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GENUS: Tephrosia Pers.

Tephrosia virginiana (L.)Pers. [Preferred name]
    Cracca holosericea (Nutt.)Britten & Baker f. {Synonym}
    Cracca latidens Small {Synonym}
    Cracca leucosericea Rydb. {Synonym}
    Cracca virginiana L. {Synonym}
    Cracca virginiana var. holosericea (Nutt.)Vail {Synonym}
    Galega virginiana (L.)L. {Synonym}
    Galega virginica (L.)J.F.Gmel. {Synonym}
    Tephrosia holosericea Nutt. {Synonym}
    Tephrosia latidens (Small)Standl. {Synonym}
    Tephrosia leucosericea (Rydb.)Cory {Synonym}
    Tephrosia virginiana var. glabra Torr. & A.Gray {Synonym}
    Tephrosia virginiana var. holosericea (Nutt.)Torr. & A.Gray {Synonym}
    Tephrosia virginica Bigelow {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Catgut [1812]; Devil's Shoestring [1680, 1812]; Goat's Rue [1812, 1850]; Goats Rue [3157]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  North America
Canada (N) [1725]; United States (N) [1431, 1673, 1680, 1725, 3157]; Alabama [3157]; Arkansas [3157]; Florida [3157]; Georgia [3157]; Illinois [3157]; Indiana [3157]; Iowa [3157]; Kansas [3157]; Kentucky [3157]; Louisiana [3157]; Maryland [3157]; Massachusetts [3157]; Michigan [3157]; Minnesota [3157]; Mississippi [3157]; Missouri [3157]; New Hampshire [3157]; New Jersey [3157]; New York [3157]; North Carolina [3157]; Ohio [3157]; Oklahoma [3157]; Pennsylvania [3157]; South Carolina [3157]; Tennessee [3157]; Texas [3157]; Virginia [3157]; West Virginia [3157]; Wisconsin [3157]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1725, 1812, 1850] ; Distribution Map [1725]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2005-07 (Americas update) Sokolova IV [3157] ; Habit: Herb, Shrub ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Source(s): 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1993 Zarucchi JL

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1431.

  List Based Record, 1986
    U.S. Soil Conservation Service

1680.

  Turner, B.L., 1959
    Univ. of Texas Press, Austin. 284 pp The Legumes of Texas

1725.

  Wood, C.E.Jr., 1949
    Rhodora 51:193-231, 233-302, 305-364, 369-384...Tephrosia...

1812.

  Correll, D.S. & Johnston, M.C., 1970
    Man.Vasc.Pl.Texas. Texas Res. Found.,Renner 1881pp.

1850.

  Isely, D., 1990
    Leguminosae, Vascular Flora S.E. U.S.A. 3(2) 1-258

3157.

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