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; (L.) Rydb.
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,^[1] and despite its species epithet, americanum, is an introduced species in the Americas.^[1]

It was first described in 1753 as Psoralea americana by Carl Linnaeus,^[1]^[2] but was reassigned to the genus Cullen in 1919 by Per Axel Rydberg.^[1]^[3]

External links

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Cullen americanum (L.) Rydb. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
^ Linnaeus, C. (1753). "Diadelphia Decandria". Species Plantarum. 2: 763.
^ Per Axel Rydberg (1919). "Fabaceae". North American Flora. 24: 3.

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