Abrus (Fabaceae)

Abrus precatorius

Abrus precatorius

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fabales
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: Abreae
Genus: Abrus
Species: A. aureus – A. baladensis – A. bottae – A. canescens – A. diversifoliolatus – A. fruticulosus – A. gawenensis – A. kaokoensis – A. laevigatus – A. longibracteatus – A. madagascariensis – A. melanospermus – A. parvifolius – A. precatorius – A. sambiranensis – A. somalensis – A. wittei

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Abrus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Nov. 1. Reference page.

Name

Abrus Adans., Fam. Pl. (Adanson) 2: 327 (1763).

• Type species: A. precatorius L.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Hoepfneria Vatke, Oesterr. Bot. Z. 29: 222 (1879)
  • Hulthemia Blume ex Miq., Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(1): 160 (1855), nom. inval.
  • Zaga Raf., Fl. Tellur. 2: 33 (1837)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Tropical & Subtropical Old World to SW. Pacific Aldabra, Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Borneo, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, Congo, East Himalaya, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Introduced into: Bahamas, Belize, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., Colombia, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Fiji, Florida, French Guiana, Galápagos, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Marquesas, Mauritius, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Niue, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Rodrigues, Réunion, Samoa, Santa Cruz Is., Society Is., Southwest Caribbean, Sumatera, Suriname, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Wallis-Futuna Is., Windward Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Adanson, M. 1763. Familles des Plantes. II. partie. (24) + 640 pp. Paris: Vincent. BHL Reference page. : 327, 511

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Abrus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Nov. 1. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Abrus. Published online. Accessed: Oct 25 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Abrus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 Oct 2020.

Vernacular names

русский: Арбус

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