Cullen (plant) facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Cullen (plant) |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Tribe: | Psoraleeae |
| Genus: | Cullen Medik. |
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| Cullen corylifolium (L.) Medik.
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Cullen is a group of plants, like a big family, that are known as legumes. These plants belong to the Fabaceae family, which is also called the pea family. You can find Cullen plants growing naturally in warm and dry places around the world. They live in Africa, Asia, and Australia.
Even though one plant in this group is called Cullen americanum, these plants do not originally come from the Americas. Long ago, the Cullen group was considered part of a similar plant group called Psoralea. But now, scientists see them as their own special group.
Species of Cullen Plants
As of April 2023, the website "Plants of the World Online" lists many different types of Cullen plants. These are all the species that scientists agree belong to the Cullen group.
- Cullen americanum (L.) Rydb.
- Cullen australasicum (Schltdl.) J.W.Grimes
- Cullen badocanum (Blanco) Verdc.
- Cullen balsamicum (F.Muell.) J.W.Grimes
- Cullen biflorum (Kuntze) C.H.Stirt.
- Cullen candidum J.W.Grimes
- Cullen cinereum (Lindl.) J.W.Grimes
- Cullen corallum J.W.Grimes
- Cullen corylifolium (L.) Medik.
- Cullen cuneatum (W.Fitzg.) J.W.Grimes
- Cullen discolor (Domin) J.W.Grimes
- Cullen drupaceum (Bunge) C.H.Stirt.
- Cullen gaudichaudianum (Decne.) J.W.Grimes
- Cullen graveolens (Domin) J.W.Grimes
- Cullen jaubertianum (Fenzl) C.H.Stirt.
- Cullen lachnostachys (F.Muell.) J.W.Grimes
- Cullen leucanthum (F.Muell.) J.W.Grimes
- Cullen leucochaites J.W.Grimes
- Cullen martini (F.Muell.) J.W.Grimes
- Cullen microcephalum (Rchb. ex Kunze) J.W.Grimes
- Cullen pallidum (N.T.Burb.) J.W.Grimes
- Cullen parvum (F.Muell.) J.W.Grimes
- Cullen patens (Lindl.) J.W.Grimes
- Cullen plicatum (Delile) C.H.Stirt.
- Cullen plumosum J.W.Grimes
- Cullen pogonocarpum J.W.Grimes
- Cullen praeruptorum J.W.Grimes
- Cullen pustulatum (F.Muell.) J.W.Grimes
- Cullen spicigerum (Domin) A.E.Holland
- Cullen stipulaceum (Decne.) J.W.Grimes
- Cullen tenax (Lindl.) J.W.Grimes
- Cullen tomentosum (Thunb.) J.W.Grimes
- Cullen virens (W.Fitzg.) J.W.Grimes
- Cullen walkingtonii (F.Muell.) J.W.Grimes
Images for kids
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A fruit from the Cullen americana plant.
See also
In Spanish: Cullen (planta) para niños
