- Family: Fabaceae Lindl.
- Genus: Lupinus L.
Lupinus ehrenbergii Schltdl.
- Genus: Lupinus L.
This species is accepted, and its native range is Mexico to Honduras.
[FTEA]
Leguminosae, J. B. Gillett, R. M. Polhill & B. Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1971
- Habit
- Erect annual or short-lived perennial, up to 1 m. tall.
- Stem
- Stem villous with very long spreading hairs over a denser pubescence.
- Leaves
- Leaves 7–9-foliolate; leaflets oblanceolate-cuneate to narrowly oblong-elliptic, up to 25–70 mm. long, 5–15 mm. wide, pointed or rounded at the apex, usually pilose on both surfaces; petiole 7–16 cm. long.
- Stipules
- Stipules with the free part linear-subulate, 10–30 mm. long.
- Inflorescences
- Racemes up to 15–50 cm. long, with many ± verticillate flowers; bracts linear-caudate to lanceolate-caudate, up to 20 mm. long; pedicels 3–6 mm. long.
- Calyx
- Calyx (8–)10–12 mm. long, tomentose; upper lip bifid; lower lobe entire to minutely 3-fid.
- Corolla
- Standard suborbicular, mostly blue or pink, glabrous; wings ± as long as the keel; keel narrowly beaked, 12–14 mm. long.
- Fruits
- Pod narrowly oblong, with a small straight beak, 25–40 mm. long, 5–8 mm. wide, villous, with rather thin valves impressed between the 3–6 rather small seeds.
- Habitat
- Near rivers, roadsides and in waste places; 1650–1800 m.
- Distribution
- locally naturalized, originally from Central America T7
Native to:
Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest
Introduced into:
Malawi, New Guinea, Tanzania
Lupinus ehrenbergii Schltdl. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
---|---|---|---|---|
Hinton, G.B. [8994], Mexico | K000119221 | |||
Hinton, G.B. [8965], Mexico | K000119222 | |||
Hinton, G.B. [8321], Mexico | K000119223 | |||
Hinton, G.B. [8289], Mexico | K000119224 | |||
Hinton, G.B. [8268], Mexico | K000119225 | |||
Hinton, G.B. [8269], Mexico | K000119216 | |||
Hinton, G.B. [15403], Mexico | K000119217 | |||
Hinton, G.B. [9023], Mexico | K000119218 | |||
Hinton, G.B. [13450], Mexico | K000119219 | |||
Hinton, G.B. [8960], Mexico | K000119220 | |||
Hinton, G.B. [8318], Mexico | K000119226 | |||
Hinton, G.B. [8270], Mexico | K000119227 | |||
Hinton, G.B. [8302], Mexico | K000119228 | |||
Hinton, G.B. [8261], Mexico | K000119229 | |||
Hinton, G.B. [8316], Mexico | K000119230 | |||
Hinton, G.B. [8303], Mexico | K000119231 | |||
Hartweg, T. [281], Mexico | K001294515 | |||
Hartweg, T. [s.n.], Mexico | K001294514 | |||
Hartweg, T. [281], Mexico | K001294517 | |||
Pringle [8996], Mexico | K000081968 | isotype | ||
Coulter, T. [569], Mexico | K001294516 |
First published in Linnaea 12: 334 (1838)
Accepted by
- Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
- Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-list: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Standley, P.C. & Steyermark, J.A. (1946). Flora of Guatemala Fieldiana Botany New Series 24(5): 1-502. Field Museum of Natural History.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.
- Garcia-Mendoza, A.J. & Meave, J.A. (eds.) (2012). Diversidad florística de Oaxaca: de musgos a angiospermas (colecciones y listas de especies), ed. 2: 1-351. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
- Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
- Lock, J.M. & Ford, C.S. (2004). Legumes of Malesia a Check-List: 1-295. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-list: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Standley, P.C. & Steyermark, J.A. (1946). Flora of Guatemala Fieldiana Botany New Series 24(5): 1-502. Field Museum of Natural History.
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- C. P. Smith, Sp. Lupin.: 43 (1938).
- Schlecht. in Linnaea 12: 33 (1838).
Flora of Tropical East Africa
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