Difference between revisions of "Vigna luteola"

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Revision as of 10:06, 23 November 2015

Vigna luteola
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae ⁄ Leguminosae
Genus: Vigna
Species: V. luteola
Binomial name
Vigna luteola
(Jacq.) Benth.
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Natural range of Vigna luteola from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common name: hairypod cowpea

Taxonomic notes

Description

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

Vigna luteola can occur along bays, river banks, palmetto hammocks, bordering mangrove swamps, lagoon shores, salt marsh banks, scrub oak-palmetto near the coast, along seepage slopes, and coastal sea oats grasslands. It has also been found in disturbed areas such as cleared borders of slash pine flatwoods and disturbed beaches (FSU Herbarium). Substrate types include loamy sand, sandy loam, and oyster shells (FSU Herbarium). Associated species include Bidens laevis, Eupatorium perfoliatum, Aster puniceus, Rynchospora, Uniola paniculata, Helianthus debilis, and Paspalum (FSU Herbarium).

Phenology

Flowers and fruits February through November (FSU Herbarium).

Seed dispersal

Seed bank and germination

Fire ecology

Pollination

The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of Vigna luteola at Archbold Biological Station (Deyrup 2015):

Halictidae: Halictus poeyi

Megachilidae: Anthidium maculifrons, Coelioxys sayi, Dianthidium floridiense, Megachile brevis pseudobrevis, M. exilis parexilis, M. mendica

Use by animals

Diseases and parasites

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes

Deyrup, M.A. and N.D. 2015. Database of observations of Hymenoptera visitations to flowers of plants on Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA.