Lackeya multiflora is a climbing herbaceous plant that grows in warm temperate to subtropical riverine woodland, woodland margins and grassland. Its native range is central and south-eastern USA. It is found in the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas.[2] It has the common name of Boykin's clusterpea (Dioclea multiflora).[3]

Lackeya multiflora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Lackeya
Species:
L. multiflora
Binomial name
Lackeya multiflora
(Torr. & A.Gray) Fortunato, L.P.Queiroz & G.P.Lewis (1996)
Synonyms[2]
  • Dioclea boykinii A.Gray ex S.Watson (1878)
  • Dioclea multiflora (Torr. & A.Gray) C.Mohr (1901)
  • Dolichos halei Alph.Wood (1870)
  • Dolichos multiflorus Torr. & A.Gray (1838)
  • Dolichos multiflorus var. halei Alph.Wood (1861)
  • Galactia mohlenbrockii R.H.Maxwell (1979)
  • Galactia mohlenbrockii var. halei (Alph.Wood) R.H.Maxwell (1979)

The genus name of Lackeya is in honour of James A. Lackey (b. 1943), American botanist at Iowa State University and the Smithsonian Institution and also specialist in Fabaceae and Phaseoleae families of plants.[4] The Latin specific epithet of multiflora means multiple or many flowers.[5] The species was first described as Dolichos multiflorus by Torr. & A.Gray in 1838. The genus Lackeya and new species name were described and published in Kew Bull. Vol.51 on pages 365–366 in 1996.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Contu, S. (2012). "Lackeya multiflora". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T19891627A20091575. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T19891627A20091575.en. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "Lackeya multiflora (Torr. & A.Gray) Fortunato, L.P.Queiroz & G.P.Lewis | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin". www.wildflower.org. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  4. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  5. ^ Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 184533731X.