PLANTS Profile for Calopogonium caeruleum (jicama)

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PLANTS Profile

Calopogonium caeruleum (Benth.) Suav.
jicama

Symbol:

CACA42

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fabaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Vine
Forb/herb

Native Status:

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Calopogonium caeruleum (Benth.) Suav.

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Synonyms:
Calopogonium caeruleum (Benth.) Suav.

STCA16

Stenolobium caeruleum Benth.

Distribution:
Calopogonium caeruleum (Benth.) Suav.


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Related Taxa:
Calopogonium caeruleum (Benth.) Suav.

View 236 genera in Fabaceae, 3 species in Calopogonium

Classification:
Calopogonium caeruleum (Benth.) Suav.

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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	Calopogonium Desv. – calopogonium
Species	Calopogonium caeruleum (Benth.) Suav. – jicama

More Accounts and Images:
Calopogonium caeruleum (Benth.) Suav.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 501154.

Time Generated: 01/03/2013 04:53 PM CST