Biology:Apios carnea

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Short description: Species of plant

Apios carnea
Plantae Asiaticae rariores, or, Descriptions and figures of a select number of unpublished East Indian plants (Tab. 62) BHL449556.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Apios
Species:
A. carnea
Binomial name
Apios carnea
(Wall.) Bentham ex Baker
Synonyms[1]

Apios bodinieri H.Lév.
Cyrtotropis carnea Wall.
Pueraria stracheyi Baker

Apios carnea is a vine in the Fabaceae[1] family found in Asia in a narrow band from the Himalayas of Nepal across Bhutan, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, China, Laos, and Vietnam.[2] Petioles are 5–8 cm long; compound leave typically have 5 leaflets.[2] The flowers are found in long peduncled flexuous secund racemes 15–23 cm long.[2] The reddish, flesh-colored flowers are showy and have potential as an ornamental.[2] Pods are 10–13 cm long and contain 12 to 16 seeds.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Apios carnea (Wall.) Benth. ex Baker". The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d.. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:474879-1. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Seabrook, Janet E.A. (1973). A Biosystematic Study of the Genus Apios Fabricius (Leguminosae) with Special Reference to Apios americana Medikus (M.Sc. thesis). The University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada.

Wikidata ☰ Q15246109 entry