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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Vigna''
| image = BlackeyeBean.jpg
| image_width = 250px
| image_caption = Black-eyed peas, ''Vigna unguiculata'' ssp. ''dekindtiana''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Fabales]]
| familia = [[Fabaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Faboideae]]
| tribus = [[Phaseoleae]]
| genus = '''''Vigna'''''
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text.
}}
A Second Name from Italy but originally French
The [[genus]] '''''Vigna''''' is in the [[plant]] [[family (biology)|family]] [[Fabaceae]]. The genus is named after [[Dominico Vigna]] an [[Italian people|Italian]] [[botanist]] of the [[17th century]]. Many ''Vigna'' species are cultivated for food. They include some well-known and not so well known bean [[species]] formerly included in the genus ''[[Phaseolus]]''. Common names in this genus reflect its mixed taxonomic history as some are referred to as peas and others as beans.
Many references even in current literature will place some of these species in genus ''Phaseolus''. According to ''Hortus Third'', however, ''Vigna'' differs from ''Phaseolus'' in that
*plants in ''Vigna'' often have stipules that are appendaged
*the thickened part of the style is less strongly twisted
*details of the [[pollen]]
*details of the [[biochemistry]]
Examples of ''Vigna'' species cultivated for food include:
*''V. acontifolia'' [[moth bean]]
*''V. angularis'' [[azuki bean]]
* ''V. lanceolata'' [[pencil yam]]
*''V. mungo'' [[urad bean]], black gram
*''V. radiata'' [[mung bean]], green gram
*''V. subterranea'' [[Bambara groundnut]] (placed by some authors in genus ''[[Voandzeia]]'')
*''V. umbellata'' [[rice bean]]
*''V. unguiculata'' [[cowpea]]
**''V. unguiculata'' ssp. ''cylindrica'' [[catjang]]
**''V. unguiculata'' ssp. ''dekindtiana'' [[black-eyed pea]]
**''V. unguiculata'' ssp. ''sesquipedalis'' [[yardlong bean]]
**''V. unguiculata'' ssp. ''unguiculata'' [[southern pea]]
*''V. vexillata'' [[zombi pea]]
Other ''Vigna'' species include:
*''[[Vigna caracalla|V. caracalla]]''
''Vigna'' species are used as food plants by the [[larva]]e of some [[Lepidoptera]] species including [[Turnip Moth]].
== External links ==
{{unimelb|Vigna.html}}
*[http://www.itis.usda.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=27015 ITIS Standard Report Page: Vigna]
*[http://pgrc3.agr.ca/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxdump.pl?Vigna GRIN-CA Taxonomy for Vigna]
[[Category:Faboideae]]
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Vigna''
| image = BlackeyeBean.jpg
| image_width = 250px
| image_caption = Black-eyed peas, ''Vigna unguiculata'' ssp. ''dekindtiana''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Fabales]]
| familia = [[Fabaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Faboideae]]
| tribus = [[Phaseoleae]]
| genus = '''''Vigna'''''
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text.
}}
A Second Name from Italy but originally French
The [[genus]] '''''Vigna''''' is in the [[plant]] [[family (biology)|family]] [[Fabaceae]]. The genus is named after [[Dominico Vigna]] an [[Italian people|Italian]] [[botanist]] of the [[17th century]]. Many ''Vigna'' species are cultivated for food. They include some well-known and not so well known bean [[species]] formerly included in the genus ''[[Phaseolus]]''. Common names in this genus reflect its mixed taxonomic history as some are referred to as peas and others as beans.
Many references even in current literature will place some of these species in genus ''Phaseolus''. According to ''Hortus Third'', however, ''Vigna'' differs from ''Phaseolus'' in that
*plants in ''Vigna'' often have stipules that are appendaged
*the thickened part of the style is less strongly twisted
*details of the [[pollen]]
*details of the [[biochemistry]]
Examples of ''Vigna'' species cultivated for food include:
*''V. acontifolia'' [[moth bean]]
*''V. angularis'' [[azuki bean]]
* ''V. lanceolata'' [[pencil yam]]
*''V. mungo'' [[urad bean]], black gram
*''V. radiata'' [[mung bean]], green gram
*''V. subterranea'' [[Bambara groundnut]] (placed by some authors in genus ''[[Voandzeia]]'')
*''V. umbellata'' [[rice bean]]
*''V. unguiculata'' [[cowpea]]
**''V. unguiculata'' ssp. ''cylindrica'' [[catjang]]
**''V. unguiculata'' ssp. ''dekindtiana'' [[black-eyed pea]]
**''V. unguiculata'' ssp. ''sesquipedalis'' [[yardlong bean]]
**''V. unguiculata'' ssp. ''unguiculata'' [[southern pea]]
*''V. vexillata'' [[zombi pea]]
Other ''Vigna'' species include:
*''[[Vigna caracalla|V. caracalla]]''
''Vigna'' species are used as food plants by the [[larva]]e of some [[Lepidoptera]] species including [[Turnip Moth]].
== External links ==
{{unimelb|Vigna.html}}
*[http://www.itis.usda.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=27015 ITIS Standard Report Page: Vigna]
*[http://pgrc3.agr.ca/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxdump.pl?Vigna GRIN-CA Taxonomy for Vigna]
[[Category:Faboideae]]