Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Division Tracheophyta > Subdivision Spermatophytina > Class Magnoliopsida > Superorder Rosanae > Order Fabales > Family Fabaceae > Tribe Vicieae > Genus Vicia

Vicia benghalensis L.

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Vicia*	L.	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Cracca atropurpurea*	(Desf.) Gren. & Godr.	synonym
*Vicia atropurpurea*	Desf.	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Catalan: garlanda atropurpúria; matagat; matagats; veça de rameller; veça petita sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

English: Purple Vetch sources: Hickman, J. C. (ed.) - The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants Of California. 1400pp. 1993.

Majorcan: veça de ramellet sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

Portuguese: ervilhaca-purpúrea sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

Spanish, Castillian: alberjacón; alverjilla de Bengala; arbejancas; arbenjacón; veza púrpura