Version 10.38 20 July 2010 - Scientific Names: Tephrosia platycarpa Guill. & Perr..

Tephrosia platycarpa Guill. & Perr.

HIGHER TAXON: Millettieae

GENUS: Tephrosia Pers.

Tephrosia platycarpa Guill. & Perr. [Preferred name]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:

Africa: Burkina (N) [8]; Cameroon (N) [8]; Chad (N) [64]; Gambia The (N) [212]; Ghana (N) [8]; Guinea (N) [8]; Ivory Coast (N) [8]; Mali (N) [8]; Niger (N) [78]; Nigeria (N) [212]; Sao Tome & Principe (N) [8]; Senegal (N) [212]; Sudan (N) [212]; Togo (N) [8]

HABITATS:
  Africa
    Sudanian anthropic landscapes [212];
    Sudanian grasslands [212];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
	Description [212]

DESCRIPTORS:
	Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Herb ; Lifespan: Annual ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1993 Polhill RM

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

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