Version 10.38 20 July 2010 - Scientific Names: Abrus somalensis Taub..

Abrus somalensis Taub.

HIGHER TAXON: Abreae

GENUS: Abrus Adans.

Abrus somalensis Taub. [Preferred name]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:

LITERATURE POINTERS:
	Description [270, 2457]

DESCRIPTORS:
	Climbing: Climbing ; Conservation Status: Indeterminate ; Habit: Herb, Shrub ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1991-1994 Allkin R & Verdcourt B

NOTES:
  Known only from a single locality in northern Somalia. [2457]


BIBLIOGRAPHY:

270.		Verdcourt, B., 1970
		Kew Bull.24:235-307. Studies in FTEA Leg.-Pap.: II

2457.		Thulin, M.(ed.), 1993
		Flora of Somalia,Vol.1