Fabaceae
Centrosema

Centrosema virginianum (L.) Benth.

First published in Comm. Legum. Gen.: 56 (1837)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Central & E. U.S.A. to Tropical & Subtropical America. It is a climbing perennial and grows primarily in the subtropical biome. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders, has environmental uses and as animal food and a medicine.

Distribution

Doubtfully present in:

French Guiana, Guyana

Native to:

Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arkansas, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Delaware, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, Georgia, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Kentucky, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Maryland, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Southwest Caribbean, Suriname, Tennessee, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Uruguay, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Virginia, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

Gabon, Ghana, India, Jawa, New Caledonia, Réunion

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • (2021). https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.501.2.2. epublication.
  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Bailey, C. & al. (2015). Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee: 1-813. University of Tennessee press.
  • Balick, M.J., Nee, M.H. & Atha, D.E. (2000). Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Belize with Common Names an Uses: 1-246. New York Botanic Garden Press, New York.
  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Forzza, R.C., Zappi, D. & Souza, V.C. (2016-continuously updated). Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção http://reflora.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/listaBrasil/ConsultaPublicaUC/ResultadoDaConsultaNovaConsulta.do.
  • Garcia-Mendoza, A.J. & Meave, J.A. (eds.) (2012). Diversidad florística de Oaxaca: de musgos a angiospermas (colecciones y listas de especies), ed. 2: 1-351. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
  • Gonzalez, F., Nelson Diaz, J. & Lowry, P. (1995). Flora Illustrada de San Andrés y Providencia: 1-281. Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Colombia.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera & C. & Zamora, N. (eds.) (2010). Manual de plantas de Costa Rica volumen V. Dicotiledóneas (Clusiaceae-Gunneraceae). Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 119: 1-970. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Ibarra-Manríquez, G. & al. (2015). Lianas of Mexico. Botanical Sciences 93: 365-417.
  • Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
  • Isely, D. (1998). Native and Naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the United States: 1-1007. Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum. Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah.
  • Jones, R.L. (2005). Plant life of Kentucky. An illustrated guide to the vascular flora: 1-833. The universitry press of Kentucky.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánes, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador: 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Knapp, W.M. & Naczi, R.F.C. (2021). Vascular plants of Maryland, USA. A comprehensive account of the state's botanical diversity. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 113: 1-151.
  • Kumar, S. & Sane, P.V. (2003). Legumes of South Asia. A Checklist: 1-536. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lock, J.M. & Ford, C.S. (2004). Legumes of Malesia a Check-List: 1-295. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • MacKee, H.S. (1994). Catalogue des plantes introduites et cultivées en Nouvelle-Calédonie, ed. 2: 1-164. Museum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris.
  • Monteiro de Barros, A.A., de Andrade Ribas, L. & Dunn Araujo, D.S. (2009). Trepadeiras do Parque Estadual da Serra do Tiririca, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. Rodriguésia 60: 681-694.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Polhill, R.M. (1990). Flore des Mascareignes 80: 1-235. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
  • Standley, P.C. & Steyermark, J.A. (1946). Flora of Guatemala. Fieldiana Botany New Series 24(5): 1-502. Field Museum of Natural History.
  • Stevens, W.D., Ulloa U., C., Pool, A. & Montiel, O.M. (2001). Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i-xlii, 1-2666. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

  • Kew Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) https://www.kew.org/science/data-and-resources/tools-and-services/medicinal-plant-names-services in The State of the World’s Plants Report–2016. (2016). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew https://stateoftheworldsplants.or

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Bailey, C. & al. (2015). Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee: 1-813. University of Tennessee press.
  • Balick, M.J., Nee, M.H. & Atha, D.E. (2000). Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Belize with Common Names an Uses: 1-246. New York Botanic Garden Press, New York.
  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Correll, D.S. & Correll, H.B. (1982). Flora of the Bahama Archipelago: 1-1692. J.Cramer, Vaduz.
  • Forzza, R.C., Zappi, D. & Souza, V.C. (2016-continuously updated). Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção http://reflora.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/listaBrasil/ConsultaPublicaUC/ResultadoDaConsultaNovaConsulta.do.
  • Gonzalez, F., Nelson Diaz, J. & Lowry, P. (1995). Flora Illustrada de San Andrés y Providencia: 1-281. Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Colombia.
  • Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera & C. & Zamora, N. (eds.) (2010). Manual de plantas de Costa Rica volumen V. Dicotiledóneas (Clusiaceae-Gunneraceae). Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 119: 1-970. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Ibarra-Manríquez, G. & al. (2015). Lianas of Mexico. Botanical Sciences 93: 365-417.
  • Isely, D. (1998). Native and Naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the United States: 1-1007. Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum. Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah.
  • Jones, R.L. (2005). Plant life of Kentucky. An illustrated guide to the vascular flora: 1-833. The universitry press of Kentucky.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánes, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador: 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Knapp, W.M. & Naczi, R.F.C. (2021). Vascular plants of Maryland, USA. A comprehensive account of the state's botanical diversity. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 113: 1-151.
  • Kumar, S. & Sane, P.V. (2003). Legumes of South Asia. A Checklist: 1-536. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lock, J.M. & Ford, C.S. (2004). Legumes of Malesia a Check-List: 1-295. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • MacKee, H.S. (1994). Catalogue des plantes introduites et cultivées en Nouvelle-Calédonie, ed. 2: 1-164. Museum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Polhill, R.M. (1990). Flore des Mascareignes 80: 1-235. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
  • Standley, P.C. & Steyermark, J.A. (1946). Flora of Guatemala. Fieldiana Botany New Series 24(5): 1-502. Field Museum of Natural History.
  • Stevens, W.D., Ulloa U., C., Pool, A. & Montiel, O.M. (2001). Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i-xlii, 1-2666. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
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  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • PROTA (2021). Plants Resources of Tropical Africa. https://prota4u.org/database/
  • Willis, K.J. (ed.) (2017). State of the World’s Plants 2017. Report. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

International Legume Database and Information Service

  • Backer, C. A. (1963). Flora of Java. Groningen, The Netherlands
  • Barbosa-Fevereiro, V. P. (1977). Rodriguesia 29(42) :159-219 Centrosema (DC) Benthamdo Brasil
  • Bojer, W. (1837). Hortus Mauritianus ou Enumeration des Plants... l'ile Maurice
  • Correll, D. S. & Correll, H. B. (1982). Flora of the Bahama Archipelago. 1692pp J. Cramer
  • Gleason, H. A. (1968). Ill. Fl. Northern U. S. (Ed. 3). Vol. 2. Hafner Pub. Co. 655pp
  • Howard, R. A. et al. (1988). Dicotyledoneae Part 1. Fl. Lesser Antilles Arnold Arboretum
  • Kumar, S. & Sane PV (2003). Legumes of South Asia: a check-list. RBG Kew.
  • Leon, H. & Alain, H. (1951). Flora de Cuba 2:224-367 Leguminosas
  • Lewis, G. P. (1987). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 369 pp Legumes of Bahia
  • Liogier, A. H. (1985). La Flore de la Espanola. III
  • Liogier, A. H. (1988). Desc. Flora Puerto Rico & Adjacent Is-Spermatophyta Vol. II
  • Polhill, R, M. (1990). Legumineuses. In: Flore des Mascareignes, Vol 80. J. Bosser et a
  • Standley, P. C. & Steyermark, J. A (1946). Fieldiana, Bot. 24(5) :1-425 Leguminosae

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 3, 2008 Rico, L. [1967], Dominican Republic K000478738 No
Feb 4, 2008 Hatschbach, G.G. [75017], Brazil K000920874 Yes
Apr 1, 2003 Coradin, L. [2470], Pernambuco K000206686 Yes
Jan 1, 1997 Coradin, L. [1204], Bahia K000206699 No
Jan 1, 1997 Coradin, L. [3314], Pernambuco K000206697 Yes
Jan 1, 1997 Coradin, L. [3377], Bahia K000206696 No
Jan 1, 1997 Coradin, L. [2927], Bahia K000206692 No
Jan 1, 1997 Coradin, L. [7702], Bahia K000206695 No
Jan 1, 1997 Coradin, L. [4459], Bahia K000206694 No
Jan 1, 1997 Coradin, L. [4857], Bahia K000206690 No
Jan 1, 1997 Coradin, L. [2894], Bahia K000206693 No
Jan 1, 1997 Coradin, L. [2959], Bahia K000206691 No
Jan 1, 1997 Coradin, L. [1199], Bahia K000206698 No
Jan 1, 1994 Queiroz, L.P. [3551], Bahia K000206689 No
Jan 1, 1994 Queiroz, L.P. [3836], Bahia K000206749 No
Jul 11, 1992 Holton, I.F. [s.n.], Colombia K000927784 No
Jul 11, 1992 Sallé [s.n.], USA K000927787 No
Jan 1, 1992 Hinton, G.B. [7060], Mexico K000118518 No
Jan 1, 1992 Hinton, G.B. [4994], Mexico K000118519 No
Jan 1, 1992 Hinton, G.B. [9623A], Mexico K000118516 No
Jan 1, 1992 Hinton, G.B. [7060], Mexico K000118517 No
Jan 1, 1992 Hinton, G.B. [4792], Mexico K000118514 No
Aug 25, 1987 Coradin, L. [8236], Brazil K000920877 Yes
Dec 1, 1985 Noblick, L.R. [3590], Bahia K000205992 No
Jan 1, 1985 Teixeira, L.O.A. [718], Brazil K000920876 Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Pedra Cavalo, G. [378], Bahia K000205989 No
Jul 1, 1983 Hatschbach, G.G. [46658], Brazil K000920875 Yes
May 19, 1983 Lewis, G.P. [1188], Brazil K000920878 Yes
Mar 1, 1983 Lewis, G.P. [986], Bahia K000205990 No
Dec 1, 1981 Tweedie [361], Brazil K000920852 Yes
Dec 1, 1981 Glaziou [s.n.] K000920851 Yes
Aug 1, 1981 Mori, S.A. [9541], Bahia K000205991 No
Aug 1, 1981 Harley, R.M. [214451], Bahia K000205995 No
Aug 1, 1981 Harley, R.M. [21643], Bahia K000205996 No
Aug 1, 1981 Harley, R.M. [214452], Bahia K000205994 No
Oct 1, 1979 Euponino, A. [381], Bahia K000205987 No
Aug 5, 1978 Schomburgk, R. [692], Guyana K000328228 Yes
Jan 1, 1978 s.coll. [s.n.], Brazil K000920850 Yes
Jan 1, 1978 Glaziou [8639], Brazil K000920862 Yes
Jan 1, 1978 Burchell [s.n.], Brazil K000920869 Yes
Jan 1, 1978 Fox [435], Brazil K000920849 Yes
Jan 1, 1978 Klotzsch [s.n.], Brazil K000920868 Yes
Jan 1, 1978 Fiebrig, K. [1495], Paraguay K000920872 Yes
Jan 1, 1978 Tweedie [s.n.], Brazil K000920863 Yes
Aug 2, 1974 Regnell, A.F. [III.439], Brazil K000920848 Yes
Mar 26, 1967 Lindeman, J.C. [5064], Brazil K000920873 Yes
Apr 6, 1964 Pereira, E. [8790], Brazil K000920854 Yes
Jan 1, 1964 Trinta, Z.A. [493], Brazil K000920859 Yes
Salzmann, P. [s.n.], Bahia K000205986 No
Harley, R.M. [17270], Bahia K000205988 No
Coradin, L. [6000], Bahia K000205997 No
Coradin, L. [5852], Piauí K000205998 Yes
Miers, J. [3306], Brazil K000920857 Yes
Sellow [s.n.], Brazil K000920866 Yes
Castellanos, A. [26227], Brazil K000920856 Yes
Miers, J. [3306], Brazil K000920858 Yes
Mexia, Y.E.J. [4353], Brazil K000920860 Yes
Glaziou, A.F.M. [12579], Brazil K000920855 Yes
Burchell [s.n.], Brazil K000920867 Yes
Boaz [s.n.], Brazil K000920864 Yes
Harley, R.M. [16283], Bahia K000205993 No
Burchell [1519], Brazil K000920871 Yes
Burchell [1316], Brazil K000920870 Yes
Queiroz, L.P. [9228], Brazil K000920879 Yes
Sello [s.n.], Brazil K000920865 Yes
Claussen, P. [s.n.], Brazil K000920861 Yes
Dusén, P. [11742], Brazil K000920853 Yes
Venezuela K001477027 Yes
Venezuela K001477028 Yes
Venezuela K001477029 Yes
Venezuela K001477030 Yes
Venezuela K001477031 Yes
Ecuador K001477032 Yes
Ecuador K001477033 Yes
Ecuador K001477034 Yes
Ecuador K001477035 Yes
Ecuador K001477036 Yes
Ecuador K001477037 Yes
Peru K001477038 Yes
Peru K001477039 Yes
Peru K001477040 Yes
Peru K001477041 Yes
Peru K001477042 Yes
Peru K001477043 Yes
Peru K001477044 Yes
Peru K001477045 Yes
Peru K001477046 Yes
Peru K001477047 Yes
Bolivia K001477061 Yes
Bolivia K001477062 Yes
Bolivia K001477063 Yes
Bolivia K001477064 Yes
Bolivia K001477065 Yes
Bolivia K001477066 Yes
Bolivia K001477067 Yes
Bolivia K001477068 Yes
Bolivia K001477069 Yes
Bolivia K001477070 Yes
Bolivia K001477071 Yes
Bolivia K001477072 Yes
Bolivia K001477073 Yes
Bolivia K001477074 Yes
Bolivia K001477075 Yes
Bolivia K001477076 Yes
Bolivia K001477077 Yes
Bolivia K001477078 Yes
Bolivia K001477079 Yes
Bolivia K001477080 Yes

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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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