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Microcharis butayei (De Wild.)Schrire

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HIGHER TAXON: Indigofereae

GENUS: Microcharis Benth.

Microcharis butayei (De Wild.)Schrire [Preferred name]
    Indigofera butayei De Wild. {Synonym}
    Indigofera medicaginea sensu Cronquist, p.p. {Misapplied}

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Burundi (N) [8]; Central African Rep. (N) [347]; Ethiopia (N) [24]; Nigeria (N) [210]; Uganda (N) [347]; Zaire (N) [347]; Zambia (N) [347]

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

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [24, 210]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Herb ; Lifespan: Annual ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1994-10 Schrire BD ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM

  
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

347.

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