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Aeschynomene indica

(India Joint-Vetch, Indian Jointvetch, Indian Jointvetch Aeschynomene Indica, Jointvetch, Kat Sola, Sensitive Vetch)

Overview:

Conservation Status

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Population Analysis

  • For the 835,580 species in the Class Magnoliopsida (Dicotyledons), we average 4.30 observations each in our database; for the Indian Jointvetch Aeschynomene Indica, we have 377 observations. Compared to other species in this Class, this species is moderately common.
  • A two-sample t-test can be used to determine whether the trend in observations of the Indian Jointvetch Aeschynomene Indica is the same as the trend in observations of Magnoliopsida. Is this species just as common, as a proportion of all observations, as it once was? The answer is no, changes in observation rate of this species significantly differ from changes in observation rate of its Class. (t=6.101, p<0.001)
  • How do observation rates of the Indian Jointvetch Aeschynomene Indica differ from those of Magnoliopsida? To answer this, we examined the percentage of observerations for Magnoliopsida that were observations of the Indian Jointvetch Aeschynomene Indica each year. We then correlated this percentage with observation year. If observations of the Indian Jointvetch Aeschynomene Indica are becoming more common relative to other species of Magnoliopsida, the correlation should be positive, but if it is becoming less common, the correlation should be negative. In fact, the correlation is negative (r=-.39), with a negative slope (m = -.000), suggesting that the Indian Jointvetch Aeschynomene Indica may be in decline relative to other species of Magnoliopsida. This correlation is statistically significant. (F = 56.93, p<.05)
  • The scatter chart to the right shows the percentage of all observations for Magnoliopsida each year that were observations of the Indian Jointvetch Aeschynomene Indica.

Population Trend:

Growing

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Taxonomy

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Unambiguous Synonyms:

  1. Aeschynomene cachemiriana Cambess.
  2. Aeschynomene diffusa Willd.
  3. Aeschynomene glaberrima Poir.
  4. Aeschynomene indica var. punctata Pers.
  5. Aeschynomene indica var. viscosa Miq.
  6. Aeschynomene kashmiriana Cambess.
  7. Aeschynomene macropoda DC.
  8. Aeschynomene montana Span.
  9. Aeschynomene oligantha Baker
  10. Aeschynomene pumila L.
  11. Aeschynomene punctata Steud.
  12. Aeschynomene quadrata Schum. & Thonn.
  13. Aeschynomene roxburghii Spreng.
  14. Aeschynomene subviscosa DC.
  15. Aeschynomene viscidula Willd.
  16. Hedysarum alpinum Lour.
  17. Hedysarum neli-tali Roxb.
  18. Hedysarum virginicum Lour.
  19. Smithia aspera Roxb.

Notes:

Publishing author: DC. Publication: Prodr. (DC.) 2: 321 1825 [mid Nov 1825]

Publishing author: Spreng. Publication: Syst. iii. 322

Publishing author: Schumach. & Thonn. Publication: Beskr. Guin. Pl. 356 1827

Publishing author: Steud. Publication: Nomencl. Bot. (Steudel) 17 1821

Publishing author: L. Publication: Sp. Pl., ed. 2. 2: 1061 1763

Publishing author: Micheli Publication: in Mem. Soc. Phys. Hist. Nat. Geneve, xxxiv. 256.

Publishing author: Span. Publication: Linnaea 15: 192 1841

Publishing author: DC. Publication: Prodr. (DC.) 2: 320 1825 [mid Nov 1825]

Publishing author: Baker Publication: Fl. Brit. Ind. (J. D. Hooker). i. 151

Publishing author: Poir. Publication: Encyc. Suppl. iv. 76

Publishing author: Roxb. ex Wight & Arn. Publication: Prod. 215

Name Status: Accepted Name. Latest taxonomic scrutiny: –

Place of publication: Sp. pl. 2:713. 1753

Name verified on 15-Nov-1986 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 28-Mar-1995

Physical Description

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Subfamily Faboideae:

Mostly herbs, shrubs, or trees. Leaves pinnate or palmate to trifoliolate or apparently simple. Corolla usually, showy, zygomorphic, the petals imbricate, posterior (upper or banner) petal outermost in bud. Stamens 10 or 9 + 1 (diadelphous), not showy. Pollen released in monads. Seeds with u-shaped line (pleurogram) lacking. [Carr]

Genus Aeschynomene:

Herbs or shrubs. Leaves pinnate, leaflets numerous, entire, exstipellate. Flowers in simple or branched axillary racemes, sometimes terminal. Bracts usually stipuliform, bracteoles appressed to the calyx. Calyx with subequal lobes or 2-lipped. Petals subequal; vexillum shortly clawed, orbicular, wings obliquely obovate or oblong, Keel not beaked. Stamens in 2 bundles of 5 each, anthers uniform. Ovary stipitate, 2 or more ovulate, style incurved, not bearded. Stigma terminal. Fruit stipitate, joints 2 or more, smooth or muricate, indehiscent, 1-seeded parts separable or rarely dehiscent by one suture.

A genus with about 150 species, distributed in tropical and subtropical regions of the world, represented in Pakistan by only 2 species.[1]

Habit: Herb, Shrub • Climbing: Not Climbing

Flowers: Bloom Period: June. • Flower Color: yellow

Distribution

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Range and Population

Mexico (Northern America)

Native: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas.

Reproduction

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Duration: Annual

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Aeschynomene:

There are approximately 346 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them: A. mossambicensis longistipitata · A. abyssinica · A. acapulcensis · A. acutangula · A. aegyptiaca · A. afraspera · A. americana (American Joint-Vetch) · A. americana var. americana · A. americana var. flabellata · A. americana var. glandulosa · A. amorphoides · A. angolense · A. angolensis · A. aphylla · A. aquatica · A. arabica · A. arborea · A. aspera · A. aspera var. oligarthra · A. atropurpurea · A. batekensis · A. baumii · A. baumii var. kassneri · A. bella · A. benguellensis · A. benthamii · A. bequaertii · A. bolivianum · A. bracteosa · A. bradei · A. brasila · A. brasilana · A. brasiliana · A. brasiliana f. multijuga · A. brasiliana var. brasiliana · A. brasiliana var. carichanica · A. brasiliana var. venezolana · A. brevifolia · A. brevipes · A. bulllockii · A. bullockii · A. burmanni · A. burttii · A. burttiie · A. butayei · A. campicola · A. carichanica · A. carvalhoi · A. chimanimaniensis · A. ciliata · A. claessensii · A. coarctata · A. coluteoides · A. compacta · A. crassicaulis · A. crepita · A. cristata · A. cristata var. cristata · A. cristata var. pubescens · A. curtisiae · A. deamii · A. debilis · A. deightonii · A. delicatula · A. denticulata · A. dewevrei · A. dimidiata · A. dimidiata bequaertii · A. dimidiata dimidiata · A. disperma · A. dissitiflora · A. divisa · A. djalonensis · A. egena · A. elaphroxylon (Ambatch) · A. elaphyroxylon · A. elegans · A. elegans var. elegans · A. elegans var. robustior · A. elisabethvilleana · A. elongata · A. equidiadelpha · A. erubescens · A. evenia (Shrubby Jointvetch) · A. evenia var. evenia · A. evenia var. serrulata · A. falcata · A. falcata f. glabrior · A. falcata var. falcata · A. falcata var. glabra · A. falcata var. hassleri · A. falcata var. microphylla · A. falcata var. minor · A. fascicularis · A. filosa · A. fluitans (Botswana Wonder) · A. fluminensis · A. fluminensis var. fluminensis · A. fluminensis var. tuberculata · A. foliolosa

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Notes

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Contributors:

  • Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
  • Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2007. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed March 24, 2007.
  • Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 12, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 25 providers.
  • ILDIS World Database of LegumesNov 10, 2005.
  • USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (April 25, 2008)

Data Sources:

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 12, 2007:

Identifiers:

Footnotes:

  1. "Aeschynomene". in Flora of Pakistan Page 338. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.

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Last Revised: May 16, 2008