Dioclea virgata (Rich.) Amshoff GRIN-Global

Taxon: Dioclea virgata (Rich.) Amshoff

Summary

Genus:

Dioclea

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Tribe:

Phaseoleae

Subtribe:

Diocleinae

Nomen number:

313416

Place of publication:

Meded. Bot. Mus. Herb. Rijks Univ. Utrecht 52:59. 1939 (S. Amer. Papilion.)

Verified:

02/23/1988 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym

Dolichos virgatus Rich.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)

Dioclea lasiocarpa Mart. ex Benth.

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Reference(s)

Adema, F. 1998. Notes on Malesian Fabaceae (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae): 3. The genera Dioclea, Luzonia, and Macropsychanthus. Blumea 43:235.
Burkart, A. 1970. Las Leguminosas - Fase´leas Argentinas de los géneros Mucuna, Dioclea y Camptosema. Darwiniana 16:192.
César, E. A. et al. Preliminary list of the Leguminosae in northeastern Brazil. 2006
Funk, V. et al. Checklist of the plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 55:1-584. 2007
Lewis, G. P. & P. E. Owen. Legumes of the Ilha de Maraca. 1989
Lewis, G. P. Legumes of Bahia. 1987
Pulle, A. A. et al., eds. Flora of Suriname. 1932-
Souza, L. A. G. de et al. 1994. Capacidade de nodulação de cem leguminosas da Amazônia. Acta Amazon. 24(1/2):9-18.
Steyermark, J. A. et al., eds. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. 1995-
Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. Flora of Panama. 1943-1980

Common names

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Tabasco
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Belize
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Costa Rica
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Guatemala
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Honduras
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Nicaragua
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Panama
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	French Guiana
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Guyana
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Suriname
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Paraguay
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Bolivia
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru
4	Naturalized

Native
Northern America

SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Tabasco]

Southern America

BRAZIL: Brazil
MESOAMERICA: Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Paraguay
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru

Naturalized ()

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=313416. Accessed 1 May 2026.