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Taxon:  Vicia benghalensis L.



Summary
Genus:
Vicia
Subgenus:
Vicilla
Section:
Cracca
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Fabeae
Nomen number:
41464
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:736. 1753
Verified:
10/28/1988 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
67 (67  active, 26  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Vicia albicans Lowe
Vicia atropurpurea Desf.
Vicia loweana Steud.
Vicia micrantha Lowe
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Reference(s)
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  2. Allen, O. N. & E. K. Allen. The Leguminosae. A source book of characteristics, uses, and nodulation. 1981
  3. Allkin, R. et al. 1986. Names and synonyms of species and subspecies in the Vicieae: issue 3. Vicieae Database Project 7:48.
  4. Duke, J. A. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance. 1981
  5. Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. 1984
  6. Enneking, D. 1995. The toxicity of Vicia species and their utilization as grain legumes. 4.
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  9. Graham, E. H. Legumes for erosion control and wildlife. USDA Misc. Publ. 412. 1941
  10. Hermann, F. J. 1960. Vetches of the United States - native, naturalized and cultivated. U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 168:75.
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  20. Quézel, P. & S. Santa. Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie. 1962-1963
  21. Raynaud, C. 1976. Monographie et iconographie du genre Vicia L. au Maroc. Bull. Inst. Sci. Univ. Mohammed V. 1:162.
  22. Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
  23. Romero Zarco, C. 1998. Lectotipificación de Vicia amphicarpa L., V. benghalensis L. y V. sativa var. nigra L. (Leguminosae). Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 56:178-179.
  24. Silva, L. et al. Listagem da fauna e flora terrestres dos Açores. Lista des plantas vasculares (Pteridophyta e Spermatophyta). 2005
  25. Smythies, B. E. Flora of Spain and the Balearic Islands: checklist of vascular plants. Englera 3:1-882. 1984-1986
  26. Sonnante, G. et al. 1997. Distribution of allozyme variation in Vicia benghalensis (Leguminosae) suggests the existence of two genepools. Pl. Syst. Evol. 207:99-110.
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  28. University of California Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program. UC SAREP on-line cover crop database (on-line resource).
Common names
English
Algerian vetch –
purple vetch –
French
vesce de Bengale –
vesce pourpre foncé –
German
Purpurwicke –
Italian
veccia del Bengala –
Spanish
veza purpúrea –
Swedish
purpurvicker –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaMacaronesiaPortugalMadeira Islands 
1NativeAfricaMacaronesiaSpainCanary Islands 
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaAlgeria  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaMorocco  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaTunisia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropePortugal  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain  
2Cultivated     
4NaturalizedAfricaMacaronesiaPortugalAzores 
Native
Africa
  • MACARONESIA: Spain [Canary Islands], Portugal [Madeira Islands]
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia
Europe
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Greece, Italy
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain, France, Portugal
Cultivated ()
Naturalized
Africa
  • MACARONESIA: Portugal [Azores]
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodfodder Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
Environmentalsoil improver University of California Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program. UC SAREP on-line cover crop database (on-line resource).
Vertebrate poisonsmammals Enneking, D. 1995. The toxicity of Vicia species and their utilization as grain legumes. 4.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=41464. Accessed 23 December 2024.

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