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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lackeya multiflora
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dioclea multiflora
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lackeya multiflora
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Dioclea multiflora
SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Dioclea multiflora
INCLUDING Transfer of Dioclea multiflora to Galactia (Leguminosae) (Maxwell, 1979)
Galactia mohlenbrockii var. halei
INCLUDING Transfer of Dioclea multiflora to Galactia (Leguminosae) (Maxwell, 1979)
Galactia mohlenbrockii var. mohlenbrockii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Dioclea multiflora
COMMON NAME:
Cluster-pea, Boykin's Clusterpea
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lackeya multiflora
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dioclea multiflora
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lackeya multiflora
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Dioclea multiflora
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Dioclea multiflora
INCLUDING
Transfer of Dioclea multiflora to Galactia (Leguminosae) (Maxwell, 1979)
Galactia mohlenbrockii var. halei
INCLUDING
Transfer of Dioclea multiflora to Galactia (Leguminosae) (Maxwell, 1979)
Galactia mohlenbrockii var. mohlenbrockii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Dioclea multiflora
3857
Woody or semi-woody climbing vine
Perennial
Habitat: alluvial forests, streambanks, prairies, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Georgia
Rare
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DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Does not have milky sap
LEAVES:
Odd-pinnately compound: 3 leaflets
Mostly alternate
Petioles 4-8(11)cm long
Petiolules ~ 4mm
Stipules early caducous
Leaflets are subtended by stipels.
FLOWER:
Summer
Bilaterally symmetrical
4-lobed calyx
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
10 stamens
Superior ovary
Flowers in axillary racemes
FRUIT:
Summer?
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