Aeschynomene indica

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Species Distribution Map
Family:FABACEAE
Species:Aeschynomene indica L.
Common Name:Indian Joint Vetch; Southern Joint Vetch
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Annual
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:**
Plant Notes:Indian Joint Vetch is a native annual herbaceous plant in the Bean family (Fabaceae). It is native to the southern half of Alabama. Indian Joint Vetch occurs in marshes, on river and stream banks, in wet roadside ditches, and in low fields. It is an annual with a tap root. Stems are from 3-15 feet in height. The stems are green or purple in color, glabrous, and often glaucous. The base of the stem is usually swollen and spongy. Very young stems often have stalked glands. The leaves are alternate, petiolate, and odd-pinnately compound. The leaves are sensitive to touch and will fold up when disturbed. Each leaf has 50-70 oblong or linear-oblong leaflets. The leaflets have a single obvious vein and are glabrous. Flowers are produced in axillary racemes of 3-6 flowers. The rachis and peduncle is glandular pubescent. Flowers are papilionaceous, yellow in color, fading to orange with age. The fruit is a segmented legume that is glandular pubescent. The legume breaks into 1-seeded segments. Indian Joint Vetch occurs throughout the tropical and subtropical areas of the world. It is sometimes planted as a green manure, and extracts from the plant are used in herbal medicine and as a spermicide. Large spongy stems are used as floats or to build rafts. The seed contain rotenoids, and the foliage can be toxic to ruminants.--A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, FACW+ (NWI)
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Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyFABACEAE - Pea/Bean family
Genus Aeschynomene
Species Aeschynomene indica L. - Indian Joint Vetch; Southern Joint Vetch

Citation

Citation Aeschynomene indica Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 713–714. 1753.
Basionym: **
Type: INDIA: Kerala: Malabar, without data (lectotype: Rheede, Hort. Malab. 9: 31, t. 18. 1689). Lectotypified by Rudd, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 32: 59. 1955; Verdcourt, in Milne-Redhead & Polhill, Fl. Trop. E. Afr., Legum. 3: 373. 1971.

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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Aeschynomene cachemiriana Aeschynomene cachemiriana Cambessedes, in Jacquemont, Voy. Inde 4: 40. 1844.  
Aeschynomene diffusa Aeschynomene diffusa Klein ex Willdenow, Sp. Pl. 3: 1164. 1802.  
Aeschynomene glaberrima Aeschynomene glaberrima Poiret, in Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 4: 76. 1816. SOUTH CAROLINA
Aeschynomene herbacea Aeschynomene herbacea Aublet, Hist. Pl. Guiane 775. 1775, nom. illegit.Aeschynomene pumila Linnaeus 1763. 
Aeschynomene indica var. punctata Aeschynomene indica Linnaeus, var. punctata Persoon, Syn. Pl. 2: 317. 1807.  
Aeschynomene indica var. viscosa Aeschynomene indica Linnaeus, var. viscosa Miquel, Fl. Ned. Ind. 1: 274. 1855.Aeschynomene subviscosa de Candolle 1825 
Aeschynomene macropoda Aeschynomene macropoda de Candolle, Prodr. 2: 320. 1825.  
Aeschynomene montana Aeschynomene montana Spanoghe, Linnaea 15: 192. 1841.  
Aeschynomene oligantha Aeschynomene oligantha Welwitsch ex Baker, in Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. 2: 146. 1871. ANGOLA: Mocamedes: Mossamedes (Mocamedes), Benguela, s.d., Welwitsch s.n. (holotype: K?).
Aeschynomene pumila Aeschynomene pumila Linnaeus, Sp. Pl., ed. 2. 1061. 1763. SRI LANKA: Without data, Hermann s.n. (lectotype: BM; isolectotype: S). Lectotypified by Rudd, in Dassanayake, Fl. Ceylon 7: 163. 1991.
Aeschynomene quadrata Aeschynomene quadrata Schumacher, Beskr. Guin. Pl. 356. 1827.  
Aeschynomene roxburghii Aeschynomene roxburghii Sprengel, Syst. Veg. 3: 322. 1826.Aeschynomene viscidula Roxburgh ex Willdenow 1809, non Michaux 1803. 
Aeschynomene subviscosa Aeschynomene subviscosa de Candolle, Prodr. 2: 321. 1825.  
Aeschynomene viscidula    
Hedysarum alpinum Hedysarum alpinum Loureiro, Fl. Cochinch. 451. 1790, non Linnaeus 1753.  
Hedysarum virginicum Hedysarum virginicum Loureiro, Fl. Cochinch. 451. 1790, non Linnaeus 1753.  
Smithia aspera Smithia aspera Roxburgh, Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 3: 343. 1832. INDIA: Bengal:

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Baldwin, Bullock, Henry, Lee, Mobile, Monroe, Russell, Wilcox

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, NY, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1965 - 1965

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
USAM000006114 Baldwin 18 Aug 1980 LeLong, Michel G.
11321		 USAM
Aeschynomene indica Linnaeus
AUA000010262 Lee 1949 Orr, William P.
 AUA
Aeschynomene Indica L.
UWAL0013842 Bullock 23 Aug 2013 Diamond, Alvin R.
24467		 UWAL
Aeschynomene indica Linnaeus
AUA000010260 Baldwin 19 Sep 1975 Kral, Robert
56567		 AUA
Aeschynomene Indica L.
UWAL0039868 Wilcox 21 Jul 2017 Diamond, Alvin R.
27880		 UWAL
Aeschynomene indica Linnaeus
NY02503350 Baldwin 19 Sep 1975 Robert Kral
56567		 NY
Aeschynomene indica Linnaeus
USAM000006117 Mobile 22 Sep 1973 LeLong, Michel G.
7302.1		 USAM
Aeschynomene indica Linnaeus
USAM000006118 Baldwin 23 Aug 1980 LeLong, Michel G.
11341		 USAM
Aeschynomene indica Linnaeus
UWAL0007187 Monroe 17 Sep 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
18135		 UWAL
Aeschynomene indica Linnaeus
TROY000044950 Wilcox 21 Jul 2017 Diamond, Alvin R.
27880		 TROY
Aeschynomene indica Linnaeus
UNA00063604 Russell 14 Oct 2004 Diamond, Alvin R.
14783		 UNA
Aeschynomene indica L.
UWAL0014984 Bullock 23 Aug 2013 Dykes, Bailee
1713		 UWAL
Aeschynomene indica Linnaeus
UNA00016073 Mobile 02 Aug 1965 Deramus, Rebecca
D 614		 UNA
Aeschynomene indica L.
TROY000038448 Bullock 23 Aug 2013 Diamond, Alvin R.
24467		 TROY
Aeschynomene indica Linnaeus
UWAL0015163 Bullock 23 Aug 2013 Diamond, Alvin R.
24467		 UWAL
Aeschynomene indica Linnaeus
ALNHS00007064 Mobile 18 Nov 2020 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#5411		 ALNHS
Aeschymonene indica L.
TROY000038317 Bullock 23 Aug 2013 Dykes, Bailee
1713		 TROY
Aeschynomene indica Linnaeus
TROY000004828 Monroe 17 Sep 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
18135		 TROY
Aeschynomene indica Linnaeus
UNA00016074 Mobile 26 Aug 1965 Deramus, Rebecca
D730		 UNA
Aeschynomene indica L.
TROY000004829 Russell 14 Oct 2004 Diamond, Alvin R.
14783		 TROY
Aeschynomene indica Linnaeus
USAM000006111 Baldwin 29 Jul 1981 LeLong, Michel G.
12206		 USAM
Aeschynomene indica Linnaeus
UNA00008761 Mobile _ Jul _ Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Aeschynomene indica L.
USAM000006112 Baldwin 29 Jul 1981 LeLong, Michel G.
12206		 USAM
Aeschynomene indica Linnaeus
USAM000006115 Baldwin 12 Sep 1967 LeLong, Michel G.
3752		 USAM
Aeschynomene indica Linnaeus
ALNHS00001320 Mobile 11 Jul 2012 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#642		 ALNHS
Aeschynomene indica L.
USAM000006119 Baldwin 08 Nov 1980 LeLong, Michel G.
11861		 USAM
Aeschynomene indica Linnaeus
USAM000006113 Baldwin 29 Jul 1981 LeLong, Michel G.
12206		 USAM
Aeschynomene indica Linnaeus
AUA000010263 Russell 14 Oct 2004 Diamond, Alvin R.
14783		 AUA
Aeschynomene Indica L.
TROY000047060 Mobile 22 Sep 1973 Lelong, Michel
7302.4		 TROY
Aeschynomene indica Linnaeus
AUA000010261 Henry 24 Aug 1969 Moore, Harold D.
538-69		 AUA
Aeschynomene Indica L.
USAM000006116 Baldwin 29 Jul 1981 LeLong, Michel G.
12206		 USAM
Aeschynomene indica Linnaeus
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