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Vigna parkeri ssp. maranguensis (Taub.)Verdc.

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HIGHER TAXON: Phaseoleae

GENUS: Vigna Savi

Vigna parkeri ssp. maranguensis (Taub.)Verdc. [Preferred name]
    Dolichos maranguensis Taub. {Synonym}
    Vigna gracilis sensu auct. {Misapplied}
    Vigna maranguensis (Taub.)Harms {Synonym}

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Burundi (N) [8]; Cameroon (N) [336]; Ethiopia (N) [210, 261]; Kenya (N) [210]; Rwanda (N) [210, 261]; Tanzania (N) [210]; Uganda (N) [210]; Zaire (N) [210, 261]; Zambia (N) [336]
  Australasia
Papua New Guinea (N) [261]

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

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [24, 210, 230, 261] ; Illustration [220]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing [261], Not climbing [261] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2001-06 Pasquet RS ; Habit: Herb [261] ; Lifespan: Perennial [261] ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 2001-06 Pasquet RS ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005)

  
USES:
  Forage [230]

  
NOTES:
  Cameroun records regarded as this taxon by Marechal et al (ref.336). []
  Introduced from Africa and extended through native planting areas. [261]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

8.

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

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

230.

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

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...

3890.

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