Cullen americanum | |
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Scientific classification | |
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 (L.) Rydb. | |
Synonyms | |
Psoralea americana L. |
Cullen americanum is a plant in the Fabaceae family, found Northern Africa, Italy, Portugal, and Spain, and despite its species epithet, americanum, is an introduced species in the Americas.
It was first described in 1753 as Psoralea americana by Carl Linnaeus, but was reassigned to the genus Cullen in 1919 by Per Axel Rydberg.
External links
References
- ^ "Cullen americanum (L.) Rydb. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
- Linnaeus, C. (1753). "Diadelphia Decandria". Species Plantarum. 2: 763.
- Per Axel Rydberg (1919). "Fabaceae". North American Flora. 24: 3.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Cullen americanum |
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Psoralea americana |
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