Centrosema

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Centrosema
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Centrosema pubescens
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Phaseoleae
Subtribe: Clitoriinae
Genus: Centrosema
(DC.) Benth. (1837)
Type species
Centrosema brasilianum
(L.) Benth. (1837)
Species [1]

44, see text

Synonyms [1]
  • BradburyaRaf. (1817)
  • CruminiumDesv. (1826)
  • PlatysemaBenth. (1837)
  • SteganotropisLehm. (1826)
  • VexillariaBenth. (1837), nom. illeg.

Centrosema, the butterfly peas, [2] is a genus of (mainly tropical) American vines in the legume family (Fabaceae). It includes 44 species, which range through the tropical and warm-temperate Americas from the southern United States to northern Argentina. Species include: [1]

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Lepidopteran caterpillars that feed on butterfly peas include the two-barred flasher (Astraptes fulgerator), occasionally recorded on C. macrocarpum and C. plumieri at least. [3]

Another plant referred to as butterfly pea from the same subtribe Clitoriinae is the related Clitoria ternatea . However it doesn't belong to the genus Centrosema.

In Jamaica, it is known as Fee Fee and is usually seen at Christmas time. The flower is able to make a whistling sound hence children usually find it useful as a toy.[ citation needed ]

See also

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 Centrosema (DC.) Benth. Plants of the World Online . Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  2. ↑ USDA (2007)
  3. ↑ Hébert et al. (2004), Brower et al. (2006)

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