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Microcharis disjuncta (J.B.Gillett)Schrire

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HIGHER TAXON: Indigofereae

GENUS: Microcharis Benth.

Microcharis disjuncta (J.B.Gillett)Schrire [Preferred name]
    Indigofera acutifolia Schinz {Synonym}
    Indigofera disjuncta J.B.Gillett {Synonym}
    Indigofera semhaensis Vierh. {Synonym}

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Algeria (N) [360]; Chad (N) [347]; Libya (N) [368]; Mali (N) [561]; Mauritania (N) [347]; Namibia (N) [347]; Niger (N) [347]; Socotra (N) [347]; South Africa (N) [347]; Sudan (N) [347]
  Middle East
Saudi Arabia (N) [347, 1939]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Karroo-Namib; desert [347];
    Sahara regional transition zone: desert. [212];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [368] ; Distribution Map [332] ; Illustration [368]

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

  
USES:
  Forage [78]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

78.

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

212.

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

332.

  Lebrun, J.-P., 1977
    IEMVPT Et.Bot.4. Elem atlas pl.vasc. de l'Afrique seche. 1

347.

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

360.

  Quezel, P. & Santa, S., 1962
    Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie et des regions desertiq.merid.1

368.

  Jafri, S.M.N., 1980
    Fabaceae.In:Flora of Libya,Pt.86.Jaffri & El Gadi

561.

  Boudet, G. & Lebrun, J.-P., 1986
    Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali.IEMVPT Et.+Syn.16.

1939.

  Lock, J.M. & Simpson, K., 1991
    Legumes of West Asia: A Checklist. RBG, Kew.
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