PLANTS Profile for Vicia benghalensis (purple vetch)

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Vicia benghalensis L.
purple vetch

Symbol:

VIBE

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fabaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Vine
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48


Other common names:
	reddish tufted vetch

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Vicia atropurpurea

Tracey Slotta. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Belgium, Gembloux. Usage Requirements.

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Vicia benghalensis L.

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Synonyms:
Vicia benghalensis L.

VIAT2

Vicia atropurpurea Desf.

purple vetch

Native Status:
Vicia benghalensis L.


View Distribution	Native Introduced

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USA (CA, NY)

Related Taxa:
Vicia benghalensis L.

View 236 genera in Fabaceae, 69 species in Vicia

Classification:
Vicia benghalensis L.

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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 benghalensis L. – purple vetch

Introduced Information:
Vicia benghalensis L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Vicia benghalensis L.

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 26333.

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

Related Web Sites:
Vicia benghalensis L.

Cover crops database at the UC Davis Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (SAREP)

Time Generated: 01/04/2013 01:36 PM CST