Clitoria

Contains 3 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
Clitoria L.
FABACEAE
PIGEONWINGS
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Classification
FABALES
Clitoria
Citation
CLITORIA Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 753. 1753.
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TYPE: Clitoria ternatea Linnaeus Lectotypified by Britton & A. Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S., ed. 2. 2: 416. 1913.
Distribution Map Present

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Species
Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Clitoria fragrans SWEETSCENTED PIGEONWINGS Native Rare-State Threatened-US
Clitoria mariana ATLANTIC PIGEONWINGS Native FACU (NWPL)
Clitoria ternatea ASIAN PIGEONWINGS Not Native FACU (NWPL)
Identification Key
1.  Leaflets 5-7 per leaf; corolla usually blue-violet or sometimes white, and greenish white to white at the center
C. ternatea
1.  Leaflets 3 per leaf; corolla usually pinkish white to lilac with darker lines around a white patch near the center
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2.  Leaflets mostly linear to linear-lanceolate, 4-6 times long as wide; apex of the gynophore and base of the fruit exserted from the calyx
C. fragrans
2.  Leaflets mostly ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 2-3 times long as wide; apex of the gynophore and base of the fruit usually included within the calyx
C. mariana
Genus Synonyms
Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
Barbieria Barbieria de Candolle, Prodr. 2: 239. 1825. TYPE: Barbieria polyphylla de Candolle, nom. illegit. (Galactia pinnata Persoon; Barbieria pinnata (Persoon) Baillon)
Martia Martia Leandro do Sacramento, Denkschr. Koenigl. Akad. Wiss. Muenchen, Cl. Math. Phys. 7: 233, t. 12. 1821, non Sprengel 1818. TYPE: Martia physalodes Schrank = Martiusia Schultes & Schultes f. 1822.
Martiusia Martiusia Schultes & Schultes f., Mant. 1: 69, 226. 1822. TYPE: Martiusia physalodes (Schrank) Schultes & Schultes f. (Martia physalodes Schrank) Substitute name for Martia Leandro do Sacramento 1821, non Sprengel 1818.
Nauchea Nauchea Descourtilz, Mem. Soc. Linn. Paris 4(2): 7. 1826. TYPE: = Clitoria Linnaeus 1753, by lectotypification.
Neurocarpum Neurocarpum Desvaux, J. Bot. Agric. 1: 119. 1813. TYPE: Neurocarpum guianense (Aublet) Desvaux (Crotalaria guianensis Aublet)
Ternatea Ternatea Miller, Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4. 1754. TYPE: = Clitoria Linnaeus 1753.
Vexillaria Vexillaria Eaton, Man. Bot. 82. 1817. TYPE: = Clitoria Linnaeus 1753.