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Vigna parkeri Baker

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HIGHER TAXON: Phaseoleae

GENUS: Vigna Savi

Vigna parkeri Baker [Preferred name]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Ethiopia (N) [210, 261]; Kenya (N) [210]; Mozambique (N) [210]; Rwanda (N) [210, 261]; Tanzania (N) [210]; Uganda (N) [210]; Zaire (N) [210, 261]
  Australasia
Papua New Guinea (N) [261]
  Indian Ocean
Madagascar (N) [210, 3402]

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

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [24, 210, 261, 3402] ; Illustration [3402]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing [261] [3402], Not climbing [261] [3402] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2001-06 Pasquet RS ; Habit: Herb [261] [3402] ; Lifespan: Annual [3402], Perennial [261] ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 2001-06 Pasquet RS ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 2003-11 (Madagascar) Novoselova MS extract, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005), 2005 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H (JS2005)

  
NOTES:
  Ssp.acutifoliola and part of maranguensis, = V.hosei(q.v.) (Marechal, ref.336) []
  Introduced from Africa and extended throuhg native planting areas. [261]
  Var.parkeri native to Madagascar. [336]

  
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

261.

  Verdcourt, B., 1979
    A Manual of New Guinea Legumes. Office of Forests, Lae,PNG

336.

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

3402.

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

3890.

  Lock, J.M. & Ford, 2004
    Legumes of Malesia: A check-list. RBG Kew.
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