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Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Latin names; Binomial nomenclature)

Vicia americana Willd. is the name of a plant defined in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in modern medicine, Ayurveda, and other local traditions or folk medicine. It has the following synonyms: Abacosa americana Alef., Lathyrus diffusus G. Don, Lathyrus dissitifolius Nutt., Lathyrus linearis Nutt., Orobus diffusus Nutt., Vicia acicularis Greene, Vicia americana Muhl. ex Willd., Vicia americana susp. americana, Vicia americana subsp. oregana (Nutt.) Abrams, Vicia americana var. americana, Vicia americana var. minor Hook., Vicia americana var. oregana (Nutt.) Nelson, Vicia americana var. pallida Suksd., Vicia americana var. truncata (Nutt.) W.H. Brewer, Vicia americana var. truncata (Nutt.) W.H. Brewer ex S. Watson, Vicia americana var. villosa (Kellogg) F.J. Herm., Vicia caespitosa A. Nelson, Vicia californica Greene, Vicia californica var. madrensis Jeps., Vicia callianthema Greene, Vicia copelandi Eastw., Vicia durbrowi Eastw., Vicia durbrowii Eastw., Vicia hypolasia Greene, Vicia oregana Nutt., Vicia perangusta Greene, Vicia perangusta Greene var. latiuscula Greene, Vicia pumila A. Heller, Vicia sparsifolia Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray, Vicia sparsifolia var. truncata (Nutt.) S. Watson, Vicia truncata Nutt., Vicia truncata Phil., Vicia truncata var. villosa Kellogg, Vicia vexillaris Greene, Vicia washingtonensis Suksd..

References regarding Vicia americana Willd. for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity:

· A Flora of North America (1838)
· Bonplandia (1861)
· Geological Survey of California, Botany (1876)
· Flora Franciscana (1891)
· Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club (1906)
· Manual of the Botany
· of the Rocky Mountain Region. (1909)
· Leaflets of Botanical Observation and Criticism (1912)
· Illustrated Flora of the Pacific States (1944)
· Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh (1976)
· Phytologia (1981)
· Phytologia (1978)
· Taxon (1982)

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