Summary
Place of publication:
Comm. legum. gen. 56. 1837 (Ann. Wiener Mus. Naturgesch. 2:120. 1839)
Verified:
08/08/2011
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Common names
English
butterfly-pea – spurred butterfly-pea – Virginia centro – Spanish
frijolillo –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Missouri | |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Oklahoma | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | New Jersey | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Pennsylvania | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Nuevo Leon | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | San Luis Potosi | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Tamaulipas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | South-Central U.S.A. | United States | Texas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Alabama | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Arkansas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Florida | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Georgia | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Kentucky | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Louisiana | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Maryland | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Mississippi | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | North Carolina | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | South Carolina | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Tennessee | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Virginia | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Jalisco | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Nayarit | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Oaxaca | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Veracruz | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Antigua and Barbuda | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Bahamas | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Cuba | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Dominica | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Dominican Republic | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Haiti | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Jamaica | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Martinique | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Montserrat | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Puerto Rico | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | St. Kitts and Nevis | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | St. Lucia | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | St. Vincent and Grenadines | | |
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 | Northern South America | Suriname | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Catamarca | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Cordoba | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Corrientes | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Entre Rios | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Formosa | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Jujuy | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Misiones | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Salta | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Santa Fe | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Tucuman | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Paraguay | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Uruguay | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Guayas | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Loja | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | Apurimac | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | Cajamarca | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | Cuzco | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | La Libertad | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Ghana | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Reunion | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | Java | |
Native
Northern America
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NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [Missouri, Oklahoma]
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NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [New Jersey, Pennsylvania]
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NORTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas]
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SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [Texas]
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SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia]
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SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Jalisco, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Veracruz]
Southern America
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CARIBBEAN:
Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, Montserrat, Martinique, Puerto Rico, St. Vincent and Grenadines
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MESOAMERICA:
Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua
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NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Suriname
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SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina [Catamarca, Cordoba, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, Misiones, Salta, Santa Fe, Tucuman], Paraguay, Uruguay
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Colombia, Ecuador [Guayas, Loja], Peru [Apurimac, Cajamarca, Cuzco, La Libertad]
Cultivated
()
Naturalized
Africa
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WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Ghana
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WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Reunion
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India
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MALESIA:
Indonesia [Java]
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Animal food | potential as forage | | Kretschmer, A. E., Jr. 1998. pers. comm. |
Environmental | erosion control | | Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992 |
Environmental | ornamental | | Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992 |
Environmental | soil improver | | Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992 |
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=9850.
Accessed 5 October 2024.