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|accepted_name=Abrus
|accepted_authority=Adanson
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fam. Pl.
|place=2: 327, 511. 1763
|year=1763
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Fabaceae;Fabaceae subfam. Faboideae;Abrus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Fabaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Fabaceae subfam. Faboideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Abrus]]</div></div>
|etymology=Derivation uncertain; probably Greek habros or Arabic abruz, elegant, alluding to appearance of leaves and/or seeds
|volume=Volume 11
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Vines,</b> perennial, woody or suffrutescent, unarmed. <b>Stems</b> twining, pubescent becoming glabrescent. <b>Leaves</b> alternate, even-pinnate; stipules present; petiolate; leaflets 16–40, opposite, stipels absent or minute, blade margins entire, surfaces glabrous or pubescent. <b>Inflorescences</b> 10–30-flowered, axillary or terminal, racemes [pseudoracemes or fascicles]; bracts and bracteoles present. <b>Flowers</b> papilionaceous; calyx campanulate, lobes 5; corolla pink or lavender to white, [yellowish, blue, or purplish]; stamens 9, vexillary stamen absent, connate 1/2 length; anthers dorsifixed, uniform or 4 smaller; ovary densely strigose; style slightly curved, relatively short, glabrous; stigma terminal, capitate, penicillate. <b>Fruits</b> legumes, subsessile, slightly inflated [compressed], curved, oblong [linear], beaked, elastically dehiscent, puberulent. <b>Seeds</b> (1–)3–7, subglobose [ellipsoid and compressed].</span><!--

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|distribution=Florida;Asia;Africa;introduced also in Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Indian Ocean Islands;Pacific Islands;Australia;pantropical;tropical;and subtropical regions.
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>Species ca. 17 (1 in the flora).</p>
|tables=
|references=
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name=Abrus
|author=Velva E. Rudd†;Michael A. Vincent
|authority=Adanson
|rank=genus
|parent rank=subfamily
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Fabaceae
|distribution=Florida;Asia;Africa;introduced also in Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Indian Ocean Islands;Pacific Islands;Australia;pantropical;tropical;and subtropical regions.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Fam. Pl.
|publication year=1763
|special status=Introduced
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/master/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V11/V11_777.xml
|subfamily=Fabaceae subfam. Faboideae
|genus=Abrus
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