Abrus fruticulosus

Abrus fruticulosus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fabales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Abreae
Genus: Abrus
Species: Abrus fruticulosus

Name

Abrus fruticulosus Wall. ex Wight & Arn., 1834

Synonyms

• Abrus acutifolius Blume ex Miq.
• Abrus schimperi Baker
• Hoepfneria africana Vatke

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Indian Subcontinent Andaman Is., Assam, India Regional: China China Southeast Continental: Africa Regional: Tropical Africa Benin, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe Introduced into: Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil West-Central, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Philippines, Suriname References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Wallich, 1834. Prodromus Florae Peninsulae Indiae Orientalis 236.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Abrus fruticulosus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Oct 25. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Abrus fruticulosus. Published online. Accessed: Oct 25 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Abrus fruticulosus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 Oct 2020.
• Hassler, M. 2020. Abrus fruticulosus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Oct 25. Reference page. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Abrus fruticulosus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

العربية: قلقل دغيلي

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