Version 10.38 20 July 2010 - Scientific Names: Clitoria ternatea var. pleniflora Fantz.

Clitoria ternatea var. pleniflora Fantz

HIGHER TAXON: Phaseoleae

GENUS: Clitoria L.

Clitoria ternatea var. pleniflora Fantz [Preferred name]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:

Asia: Borneo (I) [2922]; Hong Kong (I) [2930]; India (I) [2930]; Assam [2930]; Kerala [2930]; Uttar Pradesh [2930]; West Bengal [2930]; Jawa (I) [2922]; Myanmar (I) [2930]; Singapore (I) [2930]; Sri Lanka (I) [2930]; Sumatera (I) [2922, 2930]; Thailand (I) [2930]
Caribbean: Cuba (I) [2922, 2928, 2930]; Dominican Republic (I) [2922, 2928, 2930]; Guadeloupe (I) [2928]; Haiti (I) [2922, 2928]; Jamaica (I) [2928]; Martinique (I) [2922, 2928]; Puerto Rico (I) [2922, 2928]; St Kitts-Nevis (I) [2928]; St Vincent (I) [2928]
Indian Ocean: Mauritius (I) [2922]
North America: United States (I) [2922, 2923]; Florida [2922, 2923]
Pacific Ocean: Fiji (I) [2922]
South America: Brazil (I) [2922]; Para [2922]; Colombia (I) [2922]; Ecuador (I) [2922]; Venezuela (I) [2922]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
	Description [2928, 2930]

DESCRIPTORS:
	Climbing: Climbing ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Herb ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1999 Fantz PR ; Source(s): 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P

USES:
	Environmental [2923, 2928]

NOTES:
  Now naturalised in neotropics, Southeast Asia & Indonesia. [2928]


BIBLIOGRAPHY:

2922.		Fantz, P.R., 1978
		Dissertation Abstracts Int.38(11). Monograph of Clitoria

2923.		Fantz, P.R., 1993
		HortScience 28(6):674-676 Cult. Centrosema & Clitoria in USA

2928.		Fantz, P.R., 1990
		Moscosoa 6:152-166. Clitoria Antillarum

2930.		Fantz, P.R. & Predeep, S.V., 1996
		Bull.Bot.Survey India (in press.) Clitoria of SE Asia.