[Home | Genus | Latin names]

Ophrestia radicosa (A.Rich.)Verdc.

Email comments
HIGHER TAXON: Phaseoleae

GENUS: Ophrestia H.M.L.Forbes

Ophrestia radicosa (A.Rich.)Verdc. [Preferred name]
    Glycine radicosa (A.Rich.)Baker f. {Synonym}
    Glycine schliebenii var. enneaneura Hauman {Synonym}
    Glycine schliebenii var. rufescens Hauman {Synonym}
    Paraglycine radicosa (A.Rich.)F.J.Herm. {Synonym}
    Paraglycine radicosa var. rufescens (Hauman)F.J.Herm. {Synonym}

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Burundi (N) [210]; Ethiopia (N) [210]; Kenya (N) [210]; Malawi (N) [210]; Rwanda (N) [210]; Tanzania (N) [210]; Uganda (N) [210]; Zaire (N) [210]; Zambia (N) [210]; Zimbabwe (N) [210]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Lake Victoria regional transition zone; grasslands [210];
    Somalia-Masai grasslands [210];
    Zambezian grassland [210];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [24, 210] ; Illustration [24, 220]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Herb ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1993 Polhill RM

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

24.

  Thulin, M., 1983
    Opera Botanica 68:1-223.Leguminosae of Ethiopia

210.

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

220.

  Troupin, G., 1984
    Flore du Rwanda

[Home | Genus | Latin names]
Version 10.38 20 July 2010
© ILDIS 2006-2013
Page last revised:  24/01/2013,  11:47:29    Aweb for Alice overview