Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:713. 1753
Verified:
03/01/1989
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Common names
English
American joint-vetch – joint-vetch – German
amerikanische Schampflanze – Spanish
pega pega – pulmón – Transcribed Chinese
min gan he meng –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Northern America | | Mexico | | |
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 | Louisiana | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Antigua and Barbuda | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Barbados | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Cuba | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Dominican Republic | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Guadeloupe | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Haiti | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Jamaica | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Martinique | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Puerto Rico | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | St. Lucia | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | St. Vincent and Grenadines | | |
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 | 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 | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Thailand | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Vietnam | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Philippines | | |
2 | Cultivated | Australasia | Australia | Australia | | |
2 | Cultivated | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Vanuatu | | |
Native
Northern America
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REGION:
Mexico
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SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Florida, Georgia, Louisiana]
Southern America
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BRAZIL:
Brazil
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CARIBBEAN:
Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Lucia, Martinique, Puerto Rico, St. Vincent and Grenadines
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MESOAMERICA:
Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
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NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
French Guiana, Guyana, Venezuela
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SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Paraguay
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
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INDO-CHINA:
Thailand, Vietnam
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MALESIA:
Indonesia, Philippines
Australasia
Pacific
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SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Vanuatu
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Animal food | forage | | Bishop, H. G. et al. 1995. Aeschynomene americana L. (American jointvetch) cv. Lee. Austral. J. Exp. Agric. 35:122-123. |
Environmental | soil improver | | 't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 4:37. |
Weed | potential seed contaminant | | Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. Flora of Guatemala. 1946-1976 |
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=1602.
Accessed 5 October 2024.