Cullen americanum

Cullen americanum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Cullen
Species:
C. americanum
Binomial name
Cullen americanum
Synonyms

Psoralea americana L.
Psoralea dentata DC.
Lamottea polystachia (Poir.) Pomel
Lotodes americanum Kuntze
Munbya polystachia (Poir.) Pomel
Psoralea alnifolia Bertol.
Psoralea americana var. polystachia (Poir.) Cout.
Psoralea americana var. villosa Thell.
Psoralea dentata var. polystachia (Poir.) DC.
Psoralea lateralis Salisb.
Psoralea polystachia Poir.

Cullen americanum is a plant in the Fabaceae family, found Northern Africa, Italy, Portugal, and Spain, and despite its species epithet, americanum, is an introduced species in the Americas.

It was first described in 1753 as Psoralea americana by Carl Linnaeus, but was reassigned to the genus Cullen in 1919 by Per Axel Rydberg.

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