Ancistrotropis

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Phaseoleae
Subtribus: Phaseolinae
Genus: Ancistrotropis
Species: A. clitorioides – A. firmula – A. peduncularis – A. robusta – A. serrana – A. subhastata
Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Ancistrotropis in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 18. Reference page.

Name

Ancistrotropis A.Delgado, Amer. J. Bot. 98: 1704. 2011.

Type species: A. peduncularis (Fawc. & Rendle) A.Delgado

Synonyms

Homotypic
Phaseolus ser. Pedunculares Hassl., Candollea 1: 433 (– 434). 1923.
Vigna sect. Pedunculares (Hassl.) Maréchal, Mascherpa & Stainier, Taxon 27(2-3): 201. 1978.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Mexico to Tropical America
Argentina Northeast, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Uruguay, Venezuela
Introduced into:
Trinidad-Tobago

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Delgado Salinas, A., Thulin, M., Pasquet, R.S., Weeden, N. & Lavin, M. 2011. Vigna (Leguminosae) sensu lato: The names and identities of the American segregate genera. American Journal of Botany 98(10): 1694–1715. DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1100069 PDF Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Ancistrotropis in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 18. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Ancistrotropis. Published online. Accessed: May 18 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Ancistrotropis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 18 May 2021.
Hassler, M. 2021. Ancistrotropis. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 18. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Ancistrotropis. Accessed: 18 May 2021.

Vernacular names

Ancistrotropis is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. Species in this genus were formerly considered to belong to the genus Vigna.[1]
References

Delgado-Salinas A, Thulin M, Pasquet R, Weeden N, Lavin M (2011). "Vigna (Leguminosae) sensu lato: the names and identities of the American segregate genera". Am J Bot. 98 (10): 1694–715. doi:10.3732/ajb.1100069. PMID 21980163.