Onobrychis viciifolia

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Common Names

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Description

Family Fabaceae

The Fabaceae are herbs, vines , shrubs , trees , and lianas found in both temperate and tropical areas. They comprise one of the largest families of flowering plants , numbering 630 genera and 18,000 species. The leaves are stipulate , nearly always alternate, and range from bipinnately or palmately compound to simple . The petiole base is commonly enlarged into a pulvinus that commonly functions in orientation of the leaves (sometimes very responsively, as in the sensitive plant, Mimosa pudica). The flowers are usually bisexual , actinomorphic to zygomorphic, slightly to strongly perigynous, and commonly in racemes , spikes, or heads . The perianth commonly consists of a calyx and corolla of 5 segments each. The androecium consists of commonly 1- many stamens (most commonly 10), distinct or variously united , sometimes some of them reduced to staminodes. The pistil is simple, often stipitate , comprising a single style and stigma, and a superior ovary with one locule containing 2-many marginal ovules. The fruit is usually a legume, sometimes a samara, loment, follicle, indehiscent pod, achene, drupe, or berry. The seeds often have a hard coat with hourglass-shaped cells , and sometimes bear a u-shaped line called a pleurogram. [Carr]

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 Onobrychis

Annual or perennial , herbs or undershrubs. Leaf imparipinnate , leaflets entire ; stipules free or connate . Inflorescence an axillary pedunculate raceme . Bracts present, bracteoles present or absent. Calyx teeth unequal, linear or suhulate. Corolla pink, purple, yellow or white, often with dark veins. Wing shorter than the vexillum and the keel ; keel truncate, obtuse , equal to or longer than the vexillum. Stamens diadelphous , 9+1, anthers uniform . Ovary 1-2-ovuled. Fruit indehiscent, compressed , suborbicular , glabrous or pilose , lanate , with or without hooks, spines or teeth on the crest and disc; 1-2-seeded.

A genus with about 130 species, distributed in Europe, N.Africa, N.E. Tropical Africa and Asia. locally represented by 9 species."Onobrychis". in Flora of Pakistan Page 326. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.

Physical Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,540 meters (0 to 8,333 feet).Mean = 331.140 meters (1,086.417 feet), Standard Deviation = 442.940 based on 5,056 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Growth

Culture: Space 3-6" apart.

Soil: Minimum pH: 6.6 • Maximum pH: 8.5

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun .

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 3a, 3b, 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a. (map)

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Hedysarum echinatum Gilib.
2. Hedysarum onobrychis L.
3. Onobrychis sativa Lam.
4. Onobrychis viciifolia subsp. sativa Thell.
5. Onobrychis viciifolia subsp. sativum (Lam.)Thell.
6. Onobrychis vulgaris Hill

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Adams B .R., 1993-1996

Place of publication : Fl. carniol. ed. 2, 2:76. 1772 "viciaefolia"

Name verified on 27-Mar-1987 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 25-Feb-2002

Similar Species

Members of the genus Onobrychis

There are approximately 377 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

O. acaulis · O. aequidentata (Zacken Esparsette) · O. affinis · O. afghanica · O. afghanica afghanica · O. afghanica brachycalyx · O. afghanica codringtonii · O. africana · O. alatavica · O. alba · O. alba alba · O. alba calcarea · O. alba echinata · O. alba laconica · O. alba macedonica · O. alba mairei · O. alba tenoreana · O. alba var. echinata · O. alba var. striatula · O. albiflora · O. alectorocephale · O. alectorolopha · O. aliacmonia · O. aliacmonia peloponnesiaca · O. allionii · O. alpicola · O. altissima · O. alyassinicus · O. amoena · O. amoena amoena · O. amoena meshhedensis · O. andalanica · O. angustifolia · O. antasiatica · O. araxina · O. arenaria (Sand Esparsette) · O. arenaria arenaria · O. arenaria cana · O. arenaria lasiostachya · O. arenaria miniata · O. arenaria sibirica · O. arenaria taurerica · O. arenaria tommasinii (Sand Esparsette) · O. argaea · O. argentea hispanica · O. argyrea · O. armata · O. arnacantha · O. atropatana · O. atropatana var. grandiflora · O. aucheri · O. aucheri aucheri · O. aucheri psammophila · O. aucheri teheranica · O. aurea · O. baldshuanica · O. beata · O. melanotricha · O. bellevii · O. bergeriana · O. bertiscea · O. bicornis · O. biebersteinii · O. bithynica · O. bobrovii · O. bornmuelleri · O. bornmulleri · O. brachysemia · O. brnoensis · O. buhseana · O. bungei · O. buxbaumiana · O. buxbaumii · O. cadevallii · O. calcarea var. echinata · O. candidum · O. cappadocica · O. caput-galli (Cockshead Sainfoin) · O. caput-galli var. brevispina · O. caput-gallii · O. carduchorum · O. carpathica · O. chorassanica · O. cilicica · O. collina · O. comosa · O. conferta · O. conferta argentea · O. conferta conferta · O. conferta hispanica · O. cornuta · O. cornuta cornuta · O. cornuta leptacantha · O. cornuta var. alba · O. crinita · O. crista-galli · O. crista-galli var. trilophocarpa · O. crista-gallis · O. cristagalli · O. cyri

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Notes

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.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed April 5, 2007.
• Cristofolini G & Feoli L 1991/1993 (from ILDIS).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed October 13, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
• ILDIS World Database of Legumes
• ILDIS World Database of LegumesNov 10, 2005.
• MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 17, 2008.
• USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (April 28, 2008)

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 11, 2007:

• International Plant Genetic Resources Institute(IPGRI), The System-wide Information Network for Genetic Resources
• Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Vascular Plant Herbarium, Oslo
• Oregon State University, Vascular Plant Collection
• SysTax, Herbarium Universitat Ulm
• SysTax, Justus-Liebig-Universitat Giessen
• The Swedish Museum of Natural History
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• The Swedish Museum of Natural History
• , Herbarium of Oskarshamn
• The Swedish Museum of Natural History
• , Plants
• Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum, Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum
• University of Alaska Museum of the North, University of Alaska Museum of the North Herbarium
• University of Vienna, Institute for Botany, Research Group for Plant Biogeography, Floristische Kartierung Österreichs - Mapping the Flora of Austria
• Utah Valley State College
• , Utah Valley State College Herbarium

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2650965
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-3433
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13625718
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:151449-3
• GRIN Nomen Number: 25737
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 26810
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDFAB2S010
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: ONVI3
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 42106

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