Aeschynomene villosaPoir.

hairy jointvetch

WFO wfo-0000165520 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Aeschynomene villosa, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. a Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-09-05 / obs. 155956132
Aeschynomene villosa, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. b Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 100758204
Aeschynomene villosa, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. c Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 97830025
Aeschynomene villosa, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. d Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 95086176
Aeschynomene villosa, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. e Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 94392791
Aeschynomene villosa, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. f Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 93462442
Aeschynomene villosa, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. g Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 49194759
Aeschynomene villosa, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. h Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 50634236

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The specimen a real sheet, in a real collection

Herbarium
The New York Botanical Garden
Accession
988253
Filed as
Aeschynomene villosa Poir.
Det. by
A. H. Liogier 1979-01-01
Collected
A. H. Liogier 1979-05-01
Origin
PR
The sheet
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Native range 22 botanical countries

Regions where Aeschynomene villosa is native: Arizona, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Nicaragua, Panamá, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Windward Is. ArizonaMexico CentralMexico GulfMexico NortheastMexico NorthwestMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestBoliviaColombiaCubaDominican RepublicEcuadorGuatemalaHaitiHondurasJamaicaNicaraguaPanamáPuerto RicoVenezuela Leeward Is.Windward Is.
Native distribution of Aeschynomene villosa, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Bolivia BOL SOUTHERN AMERICA
Colombia CLM
Cuba CUB
Dominican Republic DOM
Ecuador ECU
Guatemala GUA
Haiti HAI
Honduras HON
Jamaica JAM
Leeward Is. LEE
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN
Puerto Rico PUE
Venezuela VEN
Windward Is. WIN
Arizona ARI NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Central MXC
Mexico Gulf MXG
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mexico Northwest MXN
Mexico Southeast MXT
Mexico Southwest MXS

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 17 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Adesmia fruticulosa G.Don
  • Aeschynomene americana var. longifolia Micheli
  • Aeschynomene americana var. villosa (Poir.) Urb.
  • Aeschynomene decumbens Zipp. ex Span.
  • Aeschynomene floribunda M.Martens & Galeotti
  • Aeschynomene fruticulosa Nees ex G.Don
  • Aeschynomene glandulosa Benth.
  • Aeschynomene hirsuta DC.
  • Aeschynomene javanica Miq.
  • Aeschynomene meridana Pittier
  • Aeschynomene pseudoviscosa Blume ex Miq.
  • Aeschynomene pudica Zoll. & Moritzi
  • Aeschynomene timoriana Span.
  • Aeschynomene villosa var. longifolia (Micheli) Rudd
  • Cassia tenuicaulis M.E.Jones
  • Climacorachis mexicana Hemsl. & Rose
  • Mimosa mexicana (Hemsl. & Rose) M.E.Jones

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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