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Pseudovigna argentea (Willd.)Verdc.

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HIGHER TAXON: Phaseoleae

GENUS: Pseudovigna (Harms)Verdc.

Pseudovigna argentea (Willd.)Verdc. [Preferred name]
    Dolichos argenteus Willd. {Synonym}
    Glycine dentata Schum. & Thonn. {Synonym}
    Vigna benthami Vatke {Synonym}

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Benin (N) [275]; Ghana (N) [210]; Kenya (N) [210]; Mozambique (N) [210]; Tanzania (N) [210]; Togo (N) [275]; Zimbabwe (I) [8]
  Indian Ocean
Mauritius (I) [1915]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Zanzibar-Inhambane regional transition zone; grassland. [210];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [210] ; Illustration [210, 275]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing, Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Herb ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1993 Newell CA ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1993 Polhill RM, 2005 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H (JS2005)

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

8.

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

210.

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

275.

  Verdcourt, B., 1970
    Kew Bull.24:379-447. Studies in FTEA Leg.-Pap.: III.

1915.

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