Clitoria L.
Distribution
Native to:
Alabama, Angola, Argentina Northeast, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cuba, Delaware, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Florida, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Hainan, Honduras, Illinois, India, Indiana, Iowa, Jawa, Kansas, Kentucky, Kenya, Laos, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Madagascar, Maine, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Nicaragua, Nigeria, North Carolina, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Oklahoma, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Dakota, Sudan, Suriname, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam, Virginia, West Himalaya, West Virginia, Western Australia, Windward Is., Wisconsin, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Introduced into:
Aldabra, Andaman Is., Aruba, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Canary Is., Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Chad, Christmas I., Cook Is., Egypt, Fiji, Galápagos, Gilbert Is., Haiti, Hawaii, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Laccadive Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Malaya, Maldives, Marianas, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Niger, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Seychelles, Society Is., Solomon Is., Southwest Caribbean, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Tonga, Tubuai Is., Venezuelan Antilles
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Nauchea J.T.Descourt. in Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 4: 7 (1826), nom. superfl.
- Vexillaria Eaton in Man. Bot.: 82 (1817), nom. superfl.
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Clitoriastrum Heist. in Syst.: 9 (1748), not validly publ.
- Macrotrullion Klotzsch in M.R.Schomburgk, Reis. Br.-Guiana 3: 1202 (1849), nom. nud.
- Martia Leandro in Denkschr. Königl. Akad. Wiss. München 7: 233 (1819 publ. 1821), nom. illeg.
- Martiusia Schult. in Mant. 1: 69 (1822)
- Neurocarpum Desv. in J. Bot. Agric. 1: 119 (1813)
- Rhombifolium Rich. ex DC. in Prodr. 2: 235 (1825), not validly publ.
- Ternatea Mill. in Gard. Dict. Abr. ed. 4.: s.p. (1754)
Accepted Species
- Clitoria amazonum Mart. ex Benth.
- Clitoria andrei Fantz
- Clitoria annua J.Graham
- Clitoria arborea Benth.
- Clitoria arborescens R.Br.
- Clitoria australis Benth.
- Clitoria brachycalyx Harms
- Clitoria brachystegia Benth.
- Clitoria canescens Pittier ex Fantz
- Clitoria cavalcantei Fantz
- Clitoria cearensis Huber
- Clitoria chanondii Chuakul
- Clitoria cordiformis Fantz
- Clitoria cordobensis Burkart
- Clitoria coriacea Schery
- Clitoria dendrina Pittier
- Clitoria densiflora (Benth.) Benth.
- Clitoria epetiolata Burkart
- Clitoria fairchildiana R.A.Howard
- Clitoria falcata Lam.
- Clitoria flagellaris (Benth.) Benth.
- Clitoria flexuosa Fantz
- Clitoria fragrans Small
- Clitoria froesii Fantz
- Clitoria glaberrima Pittier
- Clitoria guianensis (Aubl.) Benth.
- Clitoria hanceana Hemsl.
- Clitoria hermannii Fantz
- Clitoria heterophylla Lam.
- Clitoria humilis Rose
- Clitoria irwinii Fantz
- Clitoria javanica Miq.
- Clitoria javitensis (Kunth) Benth.
- Clitoria juninensis Fantz
- Clitoria kaessneri Harms
- Clitoria kaieteurensis Fantz
- Clitoria lasciva Bojer ex Benth.
- Clitoria laurifolia Poir.
- Clitoria leptostachya Benth.
- Clitoria linearis Gagnep.
- Clitoria macrophylla Wall. ex Benth.
- Clitoria magentea Fantz
- Clitoria mariana L.
- Clitoria mexicana Link
- Clitoria monticola Brandegee
- Clitoria moyobambensis Fantz
- Clitoria mucronulata Benth.
- Clitoria nana Benth.
- Clitoria nervosa Herzog
- Clitoria obidensis Huber
- Clitoria pendens Fantz
- Clitoria pilosula Wall. ex Benth.
- Clitoria plumosa Fantz
- Clitoria polystachya Benth.
- Clitoria pozuzoensis J.F.Macbr.
- Clitoria sagotii Fantz
- Clitoria selloi Benth.
- Clitoria simplicifolia (Kunth) Benth.
- Clitoria snethlageae Ducke
- Clitoria speciosa Cav.
- Clitoria steyermarkii Fantz
- Clitoria stipularis Benth.
- Clitoria ternatea L.
- Clitoria triflora S.Watson
- Clitoria tunuhiensis Fantz
- Clitoria woytkowskii Fantz
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- —F.T.A. 2: 176.
Flora Zambesiaca
- Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 334 (1754).
- Sp. Pl.: 753 (1753)
Flora of Somalia
- Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Benth. in J.L.S. 2: 33 (1858)
- L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 334 (1754)
- Sp. PL: 753 (1753)
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Dec 4, 1978 | Philcox, D. [3565], Brazil | K000920667 | Yes | ||
Dec 4, 1978 | Philcox, D. [4537], Brazil | K000920665 | Yes | ||
Dec 4, 1972 | Philcox, D. [49], Brazil | K000920666 | Yes | ||
Jan 1, 1969 | Prance, G.T. [6854], Brazil | K000920657 | Yes | ||
Hinton, G.B. [1528], Mexico | K000118538 | No | |||
Prance, G.T. [2736], Brazil | K000920655 | Yes | |||
Bamps, P. [5050], Brazil | K000920656 | Yes | |||
Santos, M.L.O. [16], Brazil | K000920660 | Yes | |||
Glaziou, A. [12548], Brazil | K000920662 | Yes | |||
Philcox, D. [3606], Brazil | K000920668 | Yes | |||
Prance, G.T. [5068], Brazil | K000920663 | Yes | |||
Coradin, L. [3754], Brazil | K000920659 | Yes | |||
Hinton, G.B. [4447], Mexico | K000118536 | No | |||
Fróes, R.L. [1822], Brazil | K000920669 | Yes | |||
Queiroz, J.C.C. [12], Brazil | K000920661 | Yes | |||
Anderson, A.B. [1192], Brazil | K000920658 | Yes | |||
Hinton, G.B. [1528], Mexico | K000118537 | No | |||
Prance, G.T. [2736], Brazil | K000920654 | Yes | |||
Nascimento, O.C. [436], Brazil | K000920664 | Yes |
Sources
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Flora Zambesiaca
- Flora Zambesiaca
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Flora of Somalia
- Flora of Somalia
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Flora of Tropical East Africa
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Legumes of the World Online
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0