Centrosema rotundifolium Mart. ex Benth. GRIN-Global

Taxon: Centrosema rotundifolium Mart. ex Benth.

Summary

Genus:

Centrosema

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Tribe:

Phaseoleae

Subtribe:

Clitoriinae

Nomen number:

314870

Place of publication:

Comm. legum. gen. 55. 1837 (Ann. Wiener Mus. Naturgesch. 2:119. 1839)

Comment:

ascribed to "Mart. MSS." by Bentham, as verified from original literature

Verified:

08/08/2011 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

1 (1 active, 0 available) in Australian Pastures Genebank. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

No images

Reference(s)

Barbosa-Fevereiro, V. P. 1977. Centrosema (A. P. de Candolle) Bentham do Brasil (Leguminosae - Faboideae). Rodriguésia 29(#42):188.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
Kirkbride, J. H., Jr. 1992. Nodulation and nitrogen fixation. Bean Bag 36:6.
Lewis, G. P. Legumes of Bahia. 1987
Schultze-Kraft, R. et al. 1990. Biogeography of Centrosema. Centrosema: biology, agronomy and utilization. 1990 65.
Williams, R. J. & R. J. Clements. 1990. Taxonomy of Centrosema. Centrosema: biology, agronomy and utilization. 1990 7.

Common names

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Alagoas
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Bahia
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Ceara
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Maranhao
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Mato Grosso
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Minas Gerais
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Piaui
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Rio de Janeiro
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Rio Grande do Norte
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Sao Paulo

Native
Southern America

BRAZIL: Brazil [Alagoas, Bahia, Ceara, Maranhao, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Piaui, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte, Sao Paulo]

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=314870. Accessed 20 July 2025.