Summary
Place of publication:
Comm. legum. gen. 53. 1837 (Ann. Wiener Mus. Naturgesch. 2:117. 1839)
Verified:
08/08/2011
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Barbosa-Fevereiro, V. P. 1977. Centrosema (A. P. de Candolle) Bentham do Brasil (Leguminosae - Faboideae). Rodriguésia 29(#42):200.
- Cadisch, G. et al. 1989. N-based estimation of nitrogen fixation by eight tropical forage-legumes at two levels of P:K supply. Field Crops Res. 22:181-194.
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
- Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
- Hokche, O. et al. Nuevo catálogo de la flora vascular de Venezola. 2008
- Penteado, M. I. O. de et al. 1996. Genetic resources of Centrosema spp.: genetic changes associated to the handling of an active collection. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 43:85-90.
- Schultze-Kraft, R. et al. 1990. Biogeography of Centrosema. Centrosema: biology, agronomy and utilization. 1990 58.
- 't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 4:80-82.
- Williams, R. J. & R. J. Clements. 1990. Taxonomy of Centrosema. Centrosema: biology, agronomy and utilization. 1990 6.
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Amapa | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Goias | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Mato Grosso do Sul | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Minas Gerais | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Parana | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Roraima | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Sao Paulo | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | Amazonas | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | Bolivar | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | | |
Native
Southern America
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BRAZIL:
Brazil [Amapa, Goias, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Parana, Roraima, Sao Paulo]
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NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Venezuela [Amazonas, Bolivar]
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Colombia
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Animal food | potential as forage | | Penteado, M. I. O. de et al. 1996. Genetic resources of Centrosema spp.: genetic changes associated to the handling of an active collection. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 43:85-90. |
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=314803.
Accessed 5 October 2024.