Lespedeza

Lespedeza

Taxobox
name = "Lespedeza"


image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Lespedeza bicolor"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Fabales
familia = Fabaceae
subfamilia = Faboideae
tribus = Desmodieae
genus = "Lespedeza"
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "Lespedeza angustifolia" "Lespedeza bicolor" "Lespedeza buergeri" "Lespedeza capitata" "Lespedeza chinensis" "Lespedeza cuneata" "Lespedeza cyrtobotrya" "Lespedeza cyrtobuergeri" "Lespedeza davidii" "Lespedeza davurica " "Lespedeza hirta" "Lespedeza homoloba" "Lespedeza intermedia" "Lespedeza intermixta" "Lespedeza japonica" "Lespedeza juncea" "Lespedeza kagoshimensis" "Lespedeza leptostachya" "Lespedeza maximowiczii " "Lespedeza melanantha" "Lespedeza pilosa" "Lespedeza procumbens" "Lespedeza repens" "Lespedeza stuevei" "Lespedeza texana" "Lespedeza thunbergii" "Lespedeza tomentosa" "Lespedeza violacea" "Lespedeza virgata" "Lespedeza virginica" Ref: [http://www.ildis.org/ ILDIS Version 6.05]

"Lespedeza" is a genus of about 30 species of flowering plants in the pea family Fabaceae, commonly known as Bush clover or Japanese clover. The genus is native to warm temperate to subtropical regions of eastern North America, eastern and southern Asia and Australasia.

Cultivation and uses

Some species are grown as garden or ornamental plants, and/or are used as a forage crops, notably in the southern United States, and as a means of soil enrichment and for prevention of erosion. Some are invasive species in some areas.

"Lespedeza bicolor" var. "japonica" has been shown to contain l-methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine (lespedamin). [ [http://www.plantphysiol.org/cgi/reprint/47/3/366.pdf www.plantphysiol.org] ]

References

External links

* [http://digital.library.unt.edu/permalink/meta-dc-1502:1 "Sericea in conservation farming" (Lespedeza Cuneata)] hosted by the [http://digital.library.unt.edu/browse/department/govdocs/ UNT Government Documents Department]


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  • lespedeza — ☆ lespedeza [les΄pə dē′zə ] n. [ModL Lespedeza, erroneously for * Zespedesa, after V. M. de Zespedes, 18th c. Sp governor of E Florida] any of a genus (Lespedeza) of annual or perennial plants of the pea family, cultivated for forage, hay, soil… …   English World dictionary

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  • Lespedeza —   Lespedeza …   Wikipedia Español

  • lespedeza — /les pi dee zeuh/, n. any shrub or herb belonging to the genus Lespedeza, of the legume family, having trifoliolate leaves and lavender flowers, grown for forage, soil improvement, etc. [ < NL (1803), after V. M. de Zespedez (misread as Lespedez) …   Universalium

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  • lespedeza — noun Etymology: New Latin, irregular from V. M. de Zespedes fl1785 Spanish governor of East Florida Date: 1884 any of a genus (Lespedeza) of herbaceous or shrubby plants of the legume family including some widely used for forage, soil improvement …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • lespedeza — noun Any of many leguminous plants, of the genus Lespedeza, including bush clover …   Wiktionary

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