| Accepted name: |
Apios americana Medik. |
| Synonym(s): |
-Apios apios MacMill.
-Apios tuberosa Moench
-Glycine apios L.
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| English names: |
Groundnut
Wild Bean
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| French names: |
Apios d'Amérique
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Rosales
Family: Fabaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HAPIAM
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
- |
| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Formerly an important food plant of Indian tribes and the first European settlers in North America, which gathered the subterranean tubers in large amounts and transplanted them sometimes to their campsites (1). |
| Key Characters: |
- |
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