Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Fabales > Fabaceae > Dipogon > Dipogon lignosus

Dipogon lignosus (okie bean; Lavatory creeper; Australian pea; Picardia; Purple dolichos; Chookhouse vine; Mile-a-minute; Dolichos pea; Dunny creeper; Pois du Cap)

Synonyms:

Wikipedia Abstract

Dipogon is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. Species The only known species is Dipogon lignosus (okie bean), native to South Africa.
View Wikipedia Record: Dipogon lignosus

Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Dipogon lignosus

Invasive Species

View ISSG Record: Dipogon lignosus

Attributes

Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Structure [1]  Vine

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Fernkloof Nature Reserve 3417 Western Cape, South Africa
Kruger National Park II 4718115 Mpumalanga, South Africa

Predators

Lampides boeticus (bean butterfly)[2]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 2Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0