Summary
Place of publication:
Comm. legum. gen. 54. 1837 (Ann. Wiener Mus. Naturgesch. 2:118. 1839)
Verified:
08/08/2011
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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- Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
- 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
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- 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.
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Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Alagoas | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Amapa | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Amazonas | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Bahia | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Ceara | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Espirito Santo | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Federal District | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Goias | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Maranhao | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Mato Grosso | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Mato Grosso do Sul | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Minas Gerais | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Paraiba | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Parana | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Pernambuco | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Piaui | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Rio de Janeiro | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Rio Grande do Norte | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Roraima | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Santa Catarina | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Sao Paulo | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Sergipe | |
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 | Argentina | Misiones | |
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 | Peru | Loreto | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Nicaragua | | |
Native
Southern America
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BRAZIL:
Brazil [Alagoas, Amapa, Amazonas, Bahia, Ceara, Espirito Santo, Federal District, Goias, Maranhao, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Paraiba, Parana, Pernambuco, Piaui, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte, Roraima, Santa Catarina, Sao Paulo, Sergipe]
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NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
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SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina [Misiones], Paraguay
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Bolivia, Colombia, Peru [Loreto]
Cultivated
Southern America
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=9844.
Accessed 5 October 2024.