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Zornia latifolia Sm.

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HIGHER TAXON: Aeschynomeneae

GENUS: Zornia J.F.Gmel.

Zornia latifolia Sm. [Preferred name]
    Zornia diphylla ssp. gracilis (DC.)Malme {Synonym}
    Zornia diphylla var. gracilis (DC.)Benth. {Synonym}
    Zornia diphylla var. pubescens (Kunth)Benth. {Synonym}
    Zornia gracilis DC. {Synonym}
    Zornia pubescens Kunth {Synonym}
    Zornia surinamensis Miq. {Synonym}

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Benin (I) [212]; Burundi (I) [8]; Cameroon (I) [8]; Ghana (I) [212]; Guinea (I) [236]; Ivory Coast (I) [212]; Liberia (I) [212]; Mali (I) [212]; Nigeria (I) [212]; Senegal (I) [212]; Sierra Leone (I) [212]; Togo (I) [212]; Zaire (I) [236]
  Indian Ocean
Madagascar (I) [3402]
  South America
Argentina (U) [256]; Bolivia (U) [256]; Brazil (U) [256, 1414, 1478]; Colombia (U) [256]; French Guiana (U) [256]; Guyana (U) [256, 1478]; Paraguay (U) [256, 1478]; Peru (U) [256, 1478]; Surinam (U) [256, 1478]; Uruguay (U) [256]; Venezuela (U) [256, 1478]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Sudanian anthropic landscapes [212];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [212, 236, 3402] ; Illustration [256]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [3402] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Herb [3402] ; Lifespan: Perennial [3402] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 2003-11 (Madagascar) Novoselova MS extract, 2005 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H (JS2005)

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

8.

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

212.

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

236.

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

256.

  Mohlenbrock, R.H., 1961
    Webbia 16(1):1-141A Monograph of Leguminous Genus Zornia

3402.

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