Vicia benghalensis L.

FABACEAE

- Pea family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

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Name: Vicia benghalensis L.

Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl.: 736 (1753)
Rank: species

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Common names

U.S. name: Reddish tufted vetch

English name: Algerian vetch

English name: purple vetch

Spanish name: veza purpúrea

French name: vesce pourpre foncé

Italian name: Veccia porporina del Bengala

German name: Purpurwicke

Grown habit: Vine, Forb/herb
Duration: Annual

Synonyms:
= Vicia atropurpurea Desf.

TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Rosidae
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Vicia
Species:

Page counter: 730 ( AVG: 223.29 / 292.715 )

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Vicia benghalensis
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Olmedo, area collinare ad ovest dell'abitato, SS, Sardegna, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

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Credit: Photo by Pancrazio Campagna

Vicia benghalensis
Hippolyte Coste - Flore descriptive et illustrée de la France, de la Corse et des contrées limitrophes, 1901-1906 - This image is in public domain because its copyright has expired.

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Steve Hurst - USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database - Not copyrighted image

Vicia benghalensis

Vicia benghalensis
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Alghero, lungo la strada che conduce in località Lazzaretto, SS, Sardegna, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Vicia benghalensis

Vicia benghalensis
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Isola del Giglio, Poggio della Chiusa. , GR, Toscana, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Vicia benghalensis
Credit: Photo by Pancrazio Campagna

Vicia benghalensis

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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (CA, NY)

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(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA

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More species:
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2) Vicia calcarata Desf. [138]
3) Vicia californica Greene [92]
4) Vicia cassubica L. [655]
5) Vicia cracca L. ssp. cracca [425]
6) Vicia cracca L. ssp. tenuifolia (Roth) Gaudin [338]
7) Vicia dasycarpa Ten. [157]
8) Vicia ervilia (L.) Willd. [excluded] [681]
9) Vicia fulgens Battand. [400]
10) Vicia hajastana Grossh. [227]

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