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Vigna racemosa (G.Don)Hutch. & Dalziel

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HIGHER TAXON: Phaseoleae

GENUS: Vigna Savi

Vigna racemosa (G.Don)Hutch. & Dalziel [Preferred name]
    Clitoria racemosa G.Don {Synonym}
    Vigna donii Baker {Synonym}
    Vigna strophiolata Piper {Synonym}

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Angola (N) [210]; Burkina (N) [8]; Burundi (N) [8]; Cameroon (N) [8]; Central African Rep. (N) [212]; Chad (N) [64]; Gambia The (N) [210]; Ghana (N) [212]; Guinea Bissau (N) [212]; Ivory Coast (N) [8]; Liberia (N) [8]; Mali (N) [210]; Niger (N) [78]; Nigeria (N) [212]; Rwanda (N) [220]; Sao Tome & Principe (N) [217]; Senegal (N) [212]; Sierra Leone (N) [212]; Sudan (N) [8]; Tanzania (N) [210]; Togo (N) [212]; Uganda (N) [210]; Zaire (N) [210]; Zambia (N) [210]
  Caribbean
Caribbean-TRP (U) [1790, 1839]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Guinea-Congolia/Sudania regional transition zone; grasslands. [210];
    Guinea-Congolia/Zambezia regional transition zone; grassland. [210];
    Lake Victoria regional transition zone; grasslands [210];
    Sudanian grasslands [210];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [210, 230]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2001-06 Pasquet RS ; Habit: Herb ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 2001-06 Pasquet RS ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1990 (Americas Update) Zarucchi JL

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

8.

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

64.

  Lebrun, J.-P. et al, 1972
    IEMVPT Et.Bot.1,Catalogue des Plant.Vasc.du Tchad Meridional

78.

  Peyre de Fabregues, B.& Lebrun, 1976
    IEMVPT Etude Botanique No.3. Catalogue des plantes..du Niger

210.

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

212.

  Hepper, F.N., 1958
    Papilionoideae.In:Flora West Tropical Africa.Keay,R.W.J.

217.

  Liberato, Maria Candida, 1972
    Flora de Sao Tome e Principe: Papilionaceae

220.

  Troupin, G., 1984
    Flore du Rwanda

230.

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

1790.

  Howard, R.A. et al., 1988
    Dicotyledoneae Part 1.Fl. Lesser Antilles Arnold Arboretum

1839.

  Verdcourt, B., 1987
    Kew Bull. 42(1):220.The identity of Vigna strophiolata
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