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Taxon:  Centrosema molle Mart. ex Benth.



Summary
Genus:
Centrosema
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Phaseoleae
Subtribe:
Clitoriinae
Nomen number:
427084
Place of publication:
Comm. legum. gen. 55. 1837 (Ann. Wiener Mus. Naturgesch. 2:119. 1839)
Comment:
  • replaces C. pubescens of most authors (auct. pl.), typified in 1996 on element equal to C. schiedeana (Schltr.) R. J. Williams & R. J. Clements, if the former name is not conserved with a new type
  • since the conservation proposal to accomplish this has now been withdrawn, proving to be unpopular with some agricultural scientists, the name C. molle must now be taken up for centro
Verified:
08/08/2011 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
120 (120  active, 108  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Invalid Designation(s)
Centrosema pubescens auct. pl.
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Reference(s)
  1. Duno de Stefano, R. et al. 2008. Centrosema and Clitoria (Leguminosae: Papilionidae: Phaseoleae: Clitoriinae) in the Mexican Yucatán Peninsula, including three lectotypifications. Vulpia 7:1-15. URL: http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/plantbiology/ncsc/vulpia/
  2. Fantz, P. R. 1996. Taxonomic notes on the Centrosema pubescens Bentham complex in Central America (Leguminosae: Phaseoleae: Clitoriinae). Sida 17:321-332. URL: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8113#/summary
  3. Funk, V. et al. 2007. Checklist of the plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 55:1-584.
  4. Hammel, B. E. et al., eds. 2003-. Manual de plantas de Costa Rica
  5. Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 URL: http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:2422827336895397# Note: = Centrosema pubescens Benth.
  6. Hokche, O. et al. 2008. Nuevo catálogo de la flora vascular de Venezuela.
  7. Kirkbride, J. H., Jr. & J. H. Wiersema. 2005. (1681) Proposal to conserve the name Centrosema pubescens (Fabaceae) with a conserved type. Taxon 54:209-210. URL: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax
  8. Kumar, S & P. V. Sane. 2003. Legumes of South Asia: a checklist.
  9. Stevens, W. D. et al., eds. 2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85(1-3).
  10. Steyermark, J. A. et al., eds. 1995-. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. Note: Missouri Botanical Garden & Timber Press
  11. Zhu, X. Y. et al. 2007. Legumes of China: a checklist Note: = Centrosema pubescens Benth.
Common names
English
butterfly-pea –
centro –
spurred butterfly-pea –
French
fleur-languette –
pois bâtard –
Indonesian
sentro –
Spanish
frijol cuchillo –
gallinita –
patillo –
Transcribed Chinese
ju ban dou –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoCampeche 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoChiapas 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoColima 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoGuerrero 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoJalisco 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoMéxico 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoMichoacán de Ocampo 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoNayarit 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoTabasco 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoVeracruz de Ignacio de la Llave 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoYucatán 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoYucatán 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilAcre 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilAlagoas 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilAmazonas 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilBahia 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilCeará 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilGoiás 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilMaranhão 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilMato Grosso 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilMinas Gerais 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilPará 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilParaíba 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilParaná 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilPernambuco 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilPiauí 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilRio de Janeiro 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilRondônia 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilSão Paulo 
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanAntigua and Barbuda  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanCuba  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanDominican Republic  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanGrenada  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanGuadeloupe  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanHaiti  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanJamaica  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanMartinique  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanSt. Lucia  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanSt. Vincent and Grenadines  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanTrinidad and Tobago  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanUnited StatesPuerto Rico 
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaCosta Rica  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaEl Salvador  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaGuatemala  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaHonduras  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaNicaragua  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaPanama  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaFrench Guiana  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaGuyana  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaSuriname  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaVenezuela  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaBolivia  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombia  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuadorEl Oro 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuadorEsmeraldas 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuadorGuayas 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuadorLoja 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuadorLos Ríos 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruAmazonas 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruCajamarca 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruLima 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruSan Martín 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruUcayali 
2Cultivated    widely cult. in tropics
2CultivatedAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
2CultivatedAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
2CultivatedAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  
2CultivatedAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaAngola  
2CultivatedAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  
2CultivatedAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZambia  
2CultivatedAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  
2CultivatedAfricaWest Tropical AfricaCôte D'Ivoire  
2CultivatedAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGhana  
2CultivatedAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGuinea  
2CultivatedAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGuinea-Bissau  
2CultivatedAfricaWest Tropical AfricaLiberia  
2CultivatedAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria  
2CultivatedAfricaWest Tropical AfricaSierra Leone  
2CultivatedAfricaWest Tropical AfricaTogo  
2CultivatedAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCameroon  
2CultivatedAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaDemocratic Republic of the Congo  
2CultivatedAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaEquatorial Guinea  
2CultivatedAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaGabon  
2CultivatedAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaSao Tome and Principe  
2CultivatedAfricaWestern Indian OceanMauritius  
2CultivatedAfricaWestern Indian OceanReunion  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaTaiwan  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalMalesiaBrunei Darussalam  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalMalesiaChristmas Island  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesia  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalMalesiaSingapore  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalPapuasiaPapua New Guinea  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalPapuasiaSolomon Islands  
2CultivatedAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNorthern Territory 
2CultivatedAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaQueensland 
2CultivatedPacificNorthwestern PacificMicronesia  
2CultivatedPacificNorthwestern PacificUnited StatesGuam 
2CultivatedPacificSouthwestern PacificFiji  
4Naturalized    occasionally natzd. elsewhere in tropics
4NaturalizedAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
4NaturalizedAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
4NaturalizedAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  
4NaturalizedAfricaWestern Indian OceanMauritius  
4NaturalizedAfricaWestern Indian OceanReunion  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalPapuasiaPapua New Guinea  
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaQueensland 
4NaturalizedPacificNorthwestern PacificMicronesia  
4NaturalizedPacificNorthwestern PacificUnited StatesGuam 
4NaturalizedPacificSouthwestern PacificFiji  
Native
Northern America
  • SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, México, Michoacán de Ocampo, Nayarit, Tabasco, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, Yucatán, Yucatán]
Southern America
  • CARIBBEAN: Antigua and Barbuda, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Lucia, Martinique, Trinidad and Tobago, United States [Puerto Rico], St. Vincent and Grenadines
  • CENTRAL AMERICA: Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador
  • NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
  • BRAZIL: Brazil [Acre, Alagoas, Amazonas, Bahia, Ceará, Goiás, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraíba, Paraná, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio de Janeiro, Rondônia, São Paulo]
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador [El Oro, Esmeraldas, Guayas, Loja, Los Ríos], Peru [Amazonas, Cajamarca, Lima, San Martín, Ucayali]
Cultivated

  • REGION:
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Sao Tome and Principe
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Côte D'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Mauritius, Reunion
Asia-Temperate
  • EASTERN ASIA: Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Sri Lanka
  • PAPUASIA: Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands
  • MALESIA: Brunei Darussalam, Christmas Island, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [Queensland, Northern Territory]
Pacific
  • NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Micronesia, United States [Guam]
  • SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Fiji
Naturalized

  • REGION:
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Mauritius, Reunion
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Sri Lanka
  • PAPUASIA: Papua New Guinea
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [Queensland]
Pacific
  • NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Micronesia, United States [Guam]
  • SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Fiji
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodforageas C. pubescens't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 4:86-88. URL: http://proseanet.org
Environmentalornamentalas C. pubescensFantz, P. R. 1993. Revising the classification of cultivated Centrosema and Clitoria in the United States. HortScience 28:675.
Environmentalsoil improveras C. pubescens't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 4:86-88. URL: http://proseanet.org


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