PLANTS Profile for Vicia nigricans ssp. gigantea (giant vetch)

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PLANTS Profile

Vicia nigricans Hook. & Arn. ssp. gigantea (Hook.) Lassetter & C.R. Gunn.
giant vetch

Symbol:

VINIG

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fabaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Vine
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N

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Photo of Vicia nigricans Hook. & Arn. ssp. gigantea (Hook.) Lassetter & C.R. Gunn.

Vicia gigantea

Brother Alfred Brousseau. Courtesy of St. Mary's College of California. ©St. Mary's College of California. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires permission of the copyright holder.

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Vicia nigricans Hook. & Arn. ssp. gigantea (Hook.) Lassetter & C.R. Gunn.

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Synonyms:
Vicia nigricans Hook. & Arn. ssp. gigantea (Hook.) Lassetter & C.R. Gunn.

	VIGI	Vicia gigantea Hook.
	VINIG2	Vicia nigricans Hook. & Arn. var. gigantea (Hook.) Broich

Distribution:
Vicia nigricans Hook. & Arn. ssp. gigantea (Hook.) Lassetter & C.R. Gunn.


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USA (AK, CA, OR, WA), CAN (BC)

Related Taxa:
Vicia nigricans Hook. & Arn. ssp. gigantea (Hook.) Lassetter & C.R. Gunn.

View 236 genera in Fabaceae, 69 species in Vicia, 2 subspecies in Vicia nigricans Hook. & Arn.

Classification:
Vicia nigricans Hook. & Arn. ssp. gigantea (Hook.) Lassetter & C.R. Gunn.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Fabales
Family	Fabaceae – Pea family
Genus	Vicia L. – vetch
Species	Vicia nigricans Hook. & Arn. – black vetch
Subspecies	Vicia nigricans Hook. & Arn. ssp. gigantea (Hook.) Lassetter & C.R. Gunn. – giant vetch

More Accounts and Images:
Vicia nigricans Hook. & Arn. ssp. gigantea (Hook.) Lassetter & C.R. Gunn.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 524807.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

Time Generated: 05/22/2013 01:54 AM CDT