Tephrosia cinerea

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: Millettieae
Genus: Tephrosia
Species: Tephrosia cinerea

Name

Tephrosia cinerea (L.) Pers., Syn. pl. 2(2): 328. (1807)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Galega cinerea L. in Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 1172 (1759)
• Homotypic
  • Colinil cinereum (L.) Hitchc. in Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 4: 75 (1893)
  • Cracca cinerea (L.) Morong in Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 7: 79 (1892)
  • Cracca villosa var. cinerea (L.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 173 (1891)
  • Tephrosia cinerea var. typica Hassl. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 16: 166 (1919), not validly publ.
• Heterotypic
  • Cracca littoralis (Jacq.) Rydb. in N.L.Britton & al. (eds.), N. Amer. Fl. 24: 178 (1923)
  • Galega littoralis (Jacq.) L. in Syst. Nat., ed. 12. 2: 565 (1767)
  • Indigofera berteroana Spreng. in Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 3: 277 (1826)
  • Needhamia littoralis Scop. in Intr. Hist. Nat.: 310 (1777)
  • Orobus procumbens Mill. in Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 11 (1768)
  • Tephrosia cinerea var. littoralis (Jacq.) Pers. ex Griseb. in Fl. Brit. W. I.: 182 (1859)
  • Tephrosia gynothrix Miq. in Linnaea 18: 29 (1844)
  • Tephrosia littoralis (Jacq.) Pers. in Syn. Pl. 2: 329 (1807)
  • Tephrosia procumbens Macfad. in Fl. Jamaica 1: 256 (1837)
  • Tephrosia scopulorum Brandegee in Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 6: 181 (1915)
  • Tephrosia venustula Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 6: 459 (1824)
  • Vicia littoralis Jacq. in Enum. Syst. Pl.: 27 (1760)#

References

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Tephrosia cinerea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 May 27. Reference page. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Tephrosia cinerea in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: Ashen Hoarypea