Genus Clitoria
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There aren’t any identifications of Clitoria.
Range:
Location unknown
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Short etymology:
Gk. kleio = I shut. Linnaean name for Clitoria mariana, the butterfly pea, from a supposed resemblance to the female clitoris or referring to the seed forming inside the flower before petal-drop (Plowden) or by analogy the legume in the persistent flower parts (David Gledhill).
Scientific name:
Clitoria L.
Etymology source:
Global vulnerability:
NE
Synonym of:
Unknown
Protologue:
Sp. Pl. 2: 753 (1753)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1753
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Clitoria.