PLANTS Profile for Richardia brasiliensis (tropical Mexican clover)

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Richardia brasiliensis Gomes
tropical Mexican clover

Symbol:

RIBR2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Rubiaceae

Duration:

Annual
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
HI		I

More Information:

Images:
Richardia brasiliensis Gomes

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Distribution:
Richardia brasiliensis Gomes


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, FL, GA, HI, LA, MS, NC, NJ, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA)

Related Taxa:
Richardia brasiliensis Gomes

View 84 genera in Rubiaceae, 5 species in Richardia

Classification:
Richardia brasiliensis Gomes

Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.


Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Rubiales
Family	Rubiaceae – Madder family
Genus	Richardia L. – Mexican clover
Species	Richardia brasiliensis Gomes – tropical Mexican clover

Introduced Information:
Richardia brasiliensis Gomes

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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Wildlife Habitat Values:
Richardia brasiliensis Gomes

	Large Mammals		Small Mammals		Water Birds		Terrestrial Birds
Source	Large Mammals Food	Large Mammals Cover	Small Mammals Food	Small Mammals Cover	Water Birds Food	Water Birds Cover	Terrestrial Birds Food	Terrestrial Birds Cover
Everitt							Low
Miller	Moderate		Moderate				Minor

Wildlife Habitat Values

Everitt, J.H., D.L. Drawe, and R.I. Lonard. 1999. Field guide to the broad leaved herbaceous plants of South Texas used by livestock and wildlife. Texas Tech University Press, Lubbock.

Miller, J.H., and K.V. Miller. 1999. Forest plants of the southeast and their wildlife uses. Southern Weed Science Society.

More Accounts and Images:
Richardia brasiliensis Gomes

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 35139.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/11/2008 05:41 AM MDT