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Vigna membranacea ssp. membranacea A.Rich.

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HIGHER TAXON: Phaseoleae

GENUS: Vigna Savi

Vigna membranacea ssp. membranacea A.Rich. [Preferred name]
    Vigna leptodon Harms {Synonym}
    Vigna membranaceoides Robyns & Boutique {Synonym}
    Vigna mensensis Schweinf. {Synonym}
    Vigna mensensis var. hastata Chiov. {Synonym}

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Burundi (N) [336]; Ethiopia (N) [210]; Kenya (N) [210]; Rwanda (N) [336]; Sudan (N) [210]; Tanzania (N) [210]; Uganda (N) [210]; Zaire (N) [336]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Lake Victoria regional transition zone; grasslands [210];
    Somalia-Masai bushland and thicket [210];
    Somalia-Masai grasslands [210];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [24, 210, 230]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing, Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2001-06 Pasquet RS ; Habit: Herb ; Lifespan: Annual ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 2001-06 Pasquet RS ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM

  
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

230.

  Robyns, W.(Ed.), 1954
    Flore du Congo Belge Vol.6. Dalbergieae,Vicieae,Phaseoleae

336.

  Marechal, R. et al., 1978
    Boissiera 28:1-273 ...Phaseolus et Vigna...
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