Fabaceae
Ctenodon

Ctenodon falcatus (Poir.) D.B.O.S.Cardoso, P.L.R.Moraes & H.C.Lima

First published in Neodiversity 13: 17 (2020)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Central & S. Tropical America. It is a scrambling subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used as animal food and a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela

Introduced into:

Queensland, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Publications used to compile the distribution and map:

  • Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Forzza, R.C., Zappi, D. & Souza, V.C. (2016-continuously updated). Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção http://reflora.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/listaBrasil/ConsultaPublicaUC/ResultadoDaConsultaNovaConsulta.do.
  • Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
  • Lepschi, B. & Monro, A. (Project Coordinators) (2014). Australian Plant Census (APC) Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria. http://www.anbg.gov.au/chah/apc/index.html.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • S.Calderon & P.C.Standley (1944). Lista Preliminar de las plantas de El Salvador, ed. 2: 1-450. Ediciones culturales de la universidad de El Salvador.
  • Standley, P.C. & Steyermark, J.A. (1946). Flora of Guatemala. Fieldiana Botany New Series 24(5): 1-502. Field Museum of Natural History.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • Willis, K.J. (ed.) (2017). State of the World’s Plants 2017. Report. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2007 Keller, H.A. [3987] Argentina Aeschynomene falcata K000623118 No
Aug 13, 1986 Carvalho, A.M., de; Lewis, G.P. [2168] Brazil Aeschynomene falcata K000623111 Yes
Oct 1, 1981 Santos, T.S. [3562] Brazil Aeschynomene falcata K000092309 Yes
Wood, J.R.I.; Martinez, M.T.; Ledezma, R. [28996] Bolivia Aeschynomene falcata K001560256 Yes
Wood, J.R.I., Martinez, M.T., Ledezma, R. [28996] Bolivia Aeschynomene falcata K000544561 Yes
Coradin, L.; Schlutze-Kraft, R.; Silva, G.P. [3324] Brazil Aeschynomene falcata K000092432 Yes
Sellow [s.n.] Brazil Aeschynomene falcata K000222432 Isotype Yes
Williams, R.S. [25] Bolivia Aeschynomene falcata K000222453 Unknown Type Material Yes
Pennell, F.W. [2785] Colombia Aeschynomene falcata K000623117 Yes
Coradin, L.; Silva, G.P.; Schultze-Kraft, R.; Silva, L.A.M. [2847] Brazil Aeschynomene falcata K000207265 Yes
Bolivia Aeschynomene falcata K001477713 Yes
Bolivia Aeschynomene falcata K001477714 Yes
Bolivia Aeschynomene falcata K001477715 Yes
Bolivia Aeschynomene falcata K001477716 Yes
Bolivia Aeschynomene falcata K001477717 Yes
Bolivia Aeschynomene falcata K001477718 Yes
Bolivia Aeschynomene falcata K001477719 Yes
Bolivia Aeschynomene falcata K001477720 Yes
Bolivia Aeschynomene falcata K001477721 Yes
Bolivia Aeschynomene falcata K001477722 Yes
Bolivia Aeschynomene falcata K001477723 Yes
Bolivia Aeschynomene falcata K001477724 Yes
Bolivia Aeschynomene falcata K001477725 Yes
Bolivia Aeschynomene falcata K001477726 Yes
Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia Aeschynomene falcata K001477727 Yes
Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia Aeschynomene falcata K001477728 Yes
Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia Aeschynomene falcata K001477729 Yes
Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia Aeschynomene falcata K001477730 Yes
Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia Aeschynomene falcata K001477731 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible

    • ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
    • https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0