Accession Data:
Sigmoidotropis speciosa (Kunth) A. Delgado
- Common Name: Wandering Cowpea
- Family: Fabaceae Juss.
- Synonym(s): Vigna speciosa
- Country of Origin: central America to tropical South America
- Description: Unique purple flowers produce copious nectar, which is attractive to small species of bees. Visiting bees must push their way between the petals to attain this reward. As the keel petal is pushed down, the stigma and stamens emerge from the tip of the keel enforcing the transfer of pollen between flower and insect.
- USDA Zone: 9-10
Accession Data:
- Accession # 199500103
- Source: Unknown
- Provenance: Plant previously labelled Clitoria terneata, but determined to be an incorrect ID - not sure what it is at this point, but very interesting morphology with enclosed stamens emerging from tube when petals separated as might occur if a larger insect / small bird were to perch on petals.
Inspection of photos by Paul Franz at NC State suggest this is definitely not a Clitoria, but a member of the Phaseolus-Macroptilium complex. For the time being we will list it as Phaseolus sp.
05NOV04 - name changed to Vigna caracalla after seeing same plant labelled as such at Mt Holyoke Botanic Garden - cmorse - Accession Date: 03-15-1995
- Bench: 1320 - NEOA: West Bench SS
- Currently: active - healthy
- Qty: 2 confirmed on 02-27-2021
Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: eurosid I
- Order: Fabales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Fabaceae
- SubFamily: Faboideae
- Tribe: Phaseoleae
- SubTribe: Phaseolinae
Flowering Data:
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References (internal):
- EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
- EEB 3203 - Developmental Plant Morphology
- AntU - Learning from the Complex Society of Army Ants & Their Guests
- Bee Pollination (melittophily)
- Pollination Syndrome Scavenger Hunt
- ECE 2019 - Scavenger Hunt
- EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Mexico Central / Mexico Northeast / Mexico Gulf / Mexican Pacific Is. / Mexico Northwest / Mexico Southwest / Mexico Southeast / Belize / Costa Rica / El Salvador / Guatemala / Honduras / Nicaragua / Panama / Venezuela / Colombia / Ecuador
References (external):
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Thursday, February 08, 2018.
- Sigmoidotropis speciosa at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Thursday, February 08, 2018.
data regenerated on Thu, 13 May 2021 10:31:12 -0400 [bcm v4.0]
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W/C = Wild Collected
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= accession added within past 90 days