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Aeschynomene sensitiva Sw.

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HIGHER TAXON: Aeschynomeneae

GENUS: Aeschynomene L.

Aeschynomene sensitiva Sw. [Preferred name]
    Aeschynomene belvesii DC. {Synonym}
    Aeschynomene fistulosa Bello {Synonym}
    Aeschynomene honesta Nees & Mart. {Synonym}
    Aeschynomene macropoda var. belvesii DC. {Synonym}
    Aeschynomene nigricans B.Boivin {Synonym}
    Aeschynomene patula sensu auct. {Misapplied}
    Aeschynomene sensitiva Pal. {Synonym}
    Aeschynomene sulcata Kunth {Synonym}
    Cassia paramariboensis Miq. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Demaivana [3402]; Famounty [3402]; Fanaivana [3402]; Fangnivan [3402]; Hamitra [3402]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Cameroon (N) [8]; Chad (N) [64]; Gabon (N) [16]; Gambia The (N) [212]; Ghana (N) [212]; Guinea (N) [212]; Guinea Bissau (N) [224]; Liberia (N) [212]; Malawi (N) [210]; Mozambique (N) [210]; Niger (N) [78]; Nigeria (N) [212]; Senegal (N) [212]; Sierra Leone (N) [212]; Sudan (N) [210]; Tanzania (N) [210]; Uganda (N) [210]; Zaire (N) [210]
  Caribbean
Caribbean-TRP (U) [1290, 1409, 1430, 1547, 1645]
  Central America
Belize (U) [1242, 1547, 1645]; Costa Rica (U) [1367, 1547, 1658]; Guatemala (U) [1547, 1645]; Honduras (U) [1547]; Mexico (N) [1117, 1188, 1222, 1243, 1547, 1645, 3348]; Nicaragua (N) [1547, 3348]; Panama (U) [1222, 1243, 1547, 1645]
  Indian Ocean
Comoro Is (I) [3402]; Madagascar (N) [210, 3402]; Mauritius (I) [1915, 3057]
  South America
Argentina (N) [1222, 1547, 3348]; Bolivia (U) [1289, 1547]; Brazil (U) [1103, 1414, 1547]; Colombia (U) [1547]; French Guiana (U) [1408, 1547]; Guyana (U) [1547]; Paraguay (U) [1222, 1547]; Peru (U) [1442, 1547]; Surinam (U) [1547]; Venezuela (U) [1547, 1661]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Guinea-Congolia/Sudania regional transition zone: f-w swamp & aquatic vegetati [210];
    Sudanian freshwater swamp and aquatic vegetation [210];
    Zambezian freshwater swamp and aquatic vegetation [210];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [210, 236, 1915, 3057, 3348, 3402] ; Illustration [236, 1915]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [3348] [3402] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2005-07 (Americas update) Sokolova IV [3348] ; Habit: Herb [3348] [3402], Shrub [3057] [3402] ; Lifespan: Annual, Perennial [3057] [3402] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 2003-11 (Madagascar) Novoselova MS extract, 2005 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H (JS2005)

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

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  Lock, J.M., 1985
    Specimen in Herb.Kew

16.

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    Les Legumineuses du Gabon.Mem.Inst.d'Etudes Centrafr.1

64.

  Lebrun, J.-P. et al, 1972
    IEMVPT Et.Bot.1,Catalogue des Plant.Vasc.du Tchad Meridional

78.

  Peyre de Fabregues, B.& Lebrun, 1976
    IEMVPT Etude Botanique No.3. Catalogue des plantes..du Niger

210.

  Gillett, J.B. et al., 1971
    Papilionoideae.In:Fl.Trop.E.Africa,Milne-Redhead & Polhill

212.

  Hepper, F.N., 1958
    Papilionoideae.In:Flora West Tropical Africa.Keay,R.W.J.

224.

  D'Orey, J. & Liberato, Maria C., 1971
    Flora da Guinea Portuguesa: Papilionoideae

236.

  Robyns, W.(Ed.), 1954
    Flore du Congo Belge, Vol 5; Galegeae, Hedysareae.

1103.

  Barroso, G.M., 1965
    Arq.Jard.Bot.Rio de Janeiro 18:109-177 Leguminosas-Guanabara

1117.

  Breedlove, D.E., 1986
    Listados Floristicos de Mexico 4:90-112 Flora de Chiapas

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    Stanford Univ. Press Fl. Barro Colorado Island

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  Dwyer, J.D. & Spellman, D.L., 1981
    Rhodora 83(834):161-236 A List of Dicotyledoneae of Belize

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1408.

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    Flore de la Guyane francaise 2:36-162 Legumineuses

1442.

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1547.

  Rudd, V.E., 1955
    Contr.U.S.Natl.Herb.32(1):1-172American Spp.Aeschynomene

1915.

  Polhill, R, M., 1990
    Legumineuses.In:Flore des Mascareignes,Vol 80.J. Bosser et a

3057.

  Baker, J.G., 1877
    Flora of Mauritius and the Seychelles

3348.

  Stevens, W.D., et al., 2001
    Flora de Nicaragua,85(2)...Missouri Bot.Gard.Press

3402.

  Du Puy, D.J. et al., 2002
    The Leguminosae of Madagascar. RBG Kew.
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