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Microcharis asparagoides (Taub.)Schrire

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HIGHER TAXON: Indigofereae

GENUS: Microcharis Benth.

Microcharis asparagoides (Taub.)Schrire [Preferred name]
    Indigofera asparagoides Taub. {Synonym}
    Indigofera asparagoides ssp. asparagoides Taub. {Synonym}

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Burundi (N) [210]; Gabon (N) [347]; Kenya (N) [347]; Rwanda (N) [210]; Tanzania (N) [347]; Uganda (N) [347]; Zaire (N) [347]; Zambia (N) [347]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Lake Victoria regional transition zone; grasslands [210];
    Somalia-Masai grasslands [347];
    Sudanian grasslands [210];
    Zambezian grassland [210];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [210, 236] ; Illustration [210, 220]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Herb ; Lifespan: Annual ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

210.

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

220.

  Troupin, G., 1984
    Flore du Rwanda

236.

  Robyns, W.(Ed.), 1954
    Flore du Congo Belge, Vol 5; Galegeae, Hedysareae.

347.

  Gillett, J.B., 1958
    Kew Bull.Addnl.ser.1:1-166.Indigofera..in Tropical Africa.
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