Cullen

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Psoraleeae
Genus: Cullen
Species: C. americanum – C. australasicum – C. badocanum – C. balsamicum – C. biflora – C. candidum – C. cinereum – C. corallum – C. corylifolium – C. cuneatum – C. discolor – C. drupacea – C. gaudichaudianum – C. graveolens – C. jaubertianum – C. lachnostachys – C. leucanthum – C. leucochaites – C. martini – C. microcephalum – C. pallidum – C. parvum – C. patens – C. plicatum – C. plumosum – C. pogonocarpum – C. praeruptorum – C. pustulatum – C. spicigerum – C. stipulaceum – C. tenax – C. tomentosum – C. virens – C. walkingtonii
Source(s) of checklist:
Name

Cullen Medik., Vorles. Churpfälz. Phys.-Öcon. Ges. 2: 381 (1787).

Type species: Cullen corylifolium (L.) Medik. (= Psoralea corylifolia L.)

Synonyms

Homotypic
Dorychnium Royen ex Moench, Methodus: 109 (1794).
Heterotypic
Bauerella Schindl., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 22: 284 (1926).
Type species: Bauerella tomentosa Schindl.
Baueropsis Hutch., Gen. Fl. Pl. 1: 469 (1964).
Meladenia Turcz., Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 21(I): 576 (1848).
Munbya Pomel, Mat. Fl. Atl.: 8 (1860), nom. illeg. non Boiss. 1849.
Type species: Munbya polystachya Pomel
Lamottea Pomel, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 17: 235 (1870).

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
Regional: Middle Europe
Belgium (introduced).
Regional: Southwestern Europe
Portugal, Spain.
Regional: Southeastern Europe
Italy, Sicilia.
Continental: Africa
Regional: Northern Africa
Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Western Sahara.
Regional: Macaronesia
Canary Islands, Madeira.
Regional: West Tropical Africa
Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Niger, Senegal.
Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
Chad, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Socotra (extinct), Somalia, Sudan.
Regional: South Tropical Africa
Angola, Mozambique, Zimbabwe.
Regional: Southern Africa
Botswana, Cape Provinces, Namibia, Free State, Northern Provinces.
Regional: Western Indian Ocean
Mauritius, Réunion (introduced).
Continental: Asia-Temperate
Regional: Middle Asia
Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan.
Regional: Western Asia
Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Turkey.
Regional: Arabian Peninsula
Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen.
Regional: China
China South-Central.
Continental: Asia-Tropical
Regional: Indian Subcontinent
Assam, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya.
Regional: Indo-China
Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam.
Regional: Malesia
Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Philippines.
Regional: Papuasia
New Guinea.
Continental: Australasia
Regional: Australia
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia.
Continental: Pacific
Regional: Southwestern Pacific
New Caledonia (introduced).
Continental: Northern America
Regional: Northeastern U.S.A.
New York (introduced).
Regional: Southeastern U.S.A.
Florida (introduced).
Continental: Southern America
Regional: Caribbean
Cuba (introduced).

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Medikus, F.K. 1787. Vorlesungen der Churpfälzischen physicalisch-öconomischen Gesellschaft 2: 381.

Additional references

Govaerts, R. 1999. World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b). 1532 pp.. MIM, Deurne. ISBN 90-5720-098-8 (issue 1), ISBN 90-5720-099-6 (issue 2b). Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Cullen in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 26. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Cullen. Published online. Accessed: May 26 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Cullen. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 May 2021.
Hassler, M. 2021. Cullen. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 26. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Cullen. Accessed: 26 May 2021.
Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Cullen in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2021 Sep 10.

Cullen is a genus of legumes (family Fabaceae) native to tropical, subtropical and arid regions of Africa, Asia and Australia. Despite the origin implied in the name of the constituent species Cullen americanum, legumes of this genus are not native to the Americas.

Cullen was previously included in broad definitions of the allied genus Psoralea.