Cullen americanum

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Cullen americanum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Cullen
Species:
C. americanum
Binomial name
Cullen americanum
Synonyms [1]

Psoralea americanaL.
Psoralea dentataDC.
Lamottea polystachia(Poir.) Pomel
Lotodes americanumKuntze
Munbya polystachia(Poir.) Pomel
Psoralea alnifoliaBertol.
Psoralea americana var. polystachia(Poir.) Cout.
Psoralea americana var. villosaThell.
Psoralea dentata var. polystachia(Poir.) DC.
Psoralea lateralisSalisb.
Psoralea polystachiaPoir.

Cullen americanum is a plant in the Fabaceae family, found Northern Africa, Italy, Portugal, and Spain, [1] and despite its species epithet, americanum, is an introduced species in the Americas. [1]

It was first described in 1753 as Psoralea americana by Carl Linnaeus, [1] [2] but was reassigned to the genus Cullen in 1919 by Per Axel Rydberg. [1] [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Cullen americanum (L.) Rydb. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
  2. Linnaeus, C. (1753). "Diadelphia Decandria". Species Plantarum. 2: 763.
  3. Per Axel Rydberg (1919). "Fabaceae". North American Flora. 24: 3.