Baptisia
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| Baptisia australis | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Tribe: | Thermopsideae |
| Genus: | Baptisia Vent. |
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Baptisia (false indigo, wild indigo) is a genus of about 35[1] species in the family Fabaceae (legumes). They are flowering herbaceous perennials with pea-like flowers, followed by pods (sometimes inflated). They are native to woodland and grassland in eastern and southern North America. The species most commonly found in cultivation is B. australis.[2]
Baptisia species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Schinia jaguarina.
List of species [edit]
- Baptisia alba (L.) Vent.
- Baptisia albescens Small
- Baptisia arachnifera W.H.Duncan, two counties of southeastern Georgia (US State)[3]
- Baptisia australis (L.) R.Br.
- Baptisia bicolor Greenman & Larisey
- Baptisia bracteata Elliott
- Baptisia bushii Small
- Baptisia calycosa Canby
- Baptisia cinerea (Raf.) Fernald & B.G.Schub.
- Baptisia confusa Pollard & Ball
- Baptisia cuneata Small
- Baptisia deamii Larisey
- Baptisia elliptica Small
- Baptisia fragilis Larisey
- Baptisia fulva Larisey
- Baptisia gibbesii Small
- Baptisia hirsuta Small
- Baptisia hugeri Small
- Baptisia intercalata Larisey
- Baptisia intermedia Larisey
- Baptisia lactea (Raf.) Thieret
- Baptisia laevicaulis(Canby) Small
- Baptisia lanceolata (Walter) Elliott, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, and South Carolina[3]
- Baptisia lecontei Torr. & A.Gray
- Baptisia leucantha
- Baptisia leucophaea Nutt.
- Baptisia macilenta Small ex Larisey
- Baptisia megacarpa Torrey & A.Gray
- Baptisia minor
- Baptisia nuculifera Greene
- Baptisia nuttalliana Small
- Baptisia oxyphylla Greene
- Baptisia pendula Larisey
- Baptisia perfoliata (L.) R.Br. in W.T.Aiton
- Baptisia pinetorum Larisey
- Baptisia psammophila Larisey
- Baptisia riparia Larisey
- Baptisia saligna Greene
- Baptisia simplicifolia Croom
- Baptisia sphaerocarpa Nutt.
- Baptisia stricta Larisey
- Baptisia sulphurea Englem.
- Baptisia texana Pollard & Ball
- Baptisia tinctoria (L.) R.Br. in W.T.Aiton
- Baptisia vespertina Small ex Rydb.
- Baptisia viridis Larisey
- Baptisia × intermedia Larisey
- Baptisia × variicolor Kosnik, Diggs, Redshaw & Lipscomb
See also [edit]
- Indigofera (true indigo), a closely related genus - species of which have been used in the production of the dye indigo.
References [edit]
- ^ World Database of Legumes, version 10.01, ILDIS search as of 29 Aug 2009
- ^ RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 1405332964.
- ^ a b Young, A. S.; Chang, S.-M.; Sharitz, R. R. (2007), "Reproductive ecology of a federally endangered legume, Baptisia arachnifera, and its more widespread congener, B. Lanceolata (Fabaceae)", American Journal of Botany 94 (2): 228, doi:10.3732/ajb.94.2.228
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