Lablab

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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: Phaseoleae
Subtribus: Phaseolinae
Genus: Lablab
Species: L. purpureus

Name

Lablab Adans. (1763)

Type species: Dolichos lablab L. = Lablab purpureus (L.) Sweet
monotypic taxon

Synonyms

Dolichos subg. Lablab (Adans.) Prain, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 66: 481. 1897 [1].
Lablavia D.Don

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Tropical & S. Africa, Madagascar, India
- Angola, Benin, Botswana, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Central African Repu, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Introduced into:
- Andaman Is., Ascension, Assam, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cambodia, Canary Is., Cayman Is., Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Colombia, Cook Is., Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Easter Is., Ecuador, Fiji, Galápagos, Guatemala, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, Haiti, Iraq, Jamaica, Jawa, Korea, Laccadive Is., Laos, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maldives, Mali, Mauritius, Mexico Southwest, Myanmar, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, New York, Nicobar Is., Niger, Niue, Norfolk Is., North Caucasus, Northern Territory, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Réunion, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Thailand, Tonga, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Tunisia, Ukraine, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Windward Is., Yemen

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Adanson, M. 1763. Familles des Plantes. I. partie. cccxxv + 190 pp., Paris: Vincent. BHL Reference page. 2: 325.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Lablab in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 18. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Lablab. Published online. Accessed: May 18 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Lablab. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 18 May 2021.
Hassler, M. 2021. Lablab. 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. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 18. Reference page.
Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Lablab in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2012 Feb 07.

Vernacular names

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