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Tephrosia purpurea ssp. leptostachya (DC.)Brummitt

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HIGHER TAXON: Millettieae

GENUS: Tephrosia Pers.

Tephrosia purpurea ssp. leptostachya (DC.)Brummitt [Preferred name]
    Tephrosia delagoensis H.M.L.Forbes {Synonym}
    Tephrosia incana var. horizontalis Blatt. & Hallb. {Synonym}
    Tephrosia leptostachya DC. {Synonym}
    Tephrosia purpurea var. supina R.Vig., p.p. {Synonym}
    Tephrosia transvaalensis Hutch. & Burtt Davy {Synonym}

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Algeria (N) [441]; Angola (N) [441]; Benin (N) [212]; Botswana (N) [441]; Burundi (N) [8, 441]; Cameroon (N) [212]; Central African Rep. (N) [8]; Chad (N) [8]; Djibouti (N) [8]; Ethiopia (N) [441]; Gambia The (N) [212]; Ghana (N) [212]; Kenya (N) [441]; Malawi (N) [441]; Mali (N) [212, 441]; Mauritania (N) [8]; Mozambique (N) [441]; Namibia (N) [441]; Niger (N) [8]; Nigeria (N) [212, 441]; Senegal (N) [441]; Somalia (N) [441]; South Africa (N) [441]; Sudan (N) [441]; Tanzania (N) [441]; Uganda (N) [441]; Zaire (N) [441]; Zimbabwe (N) [441]
  Asia
India (N) [3619]; Rajasthan [3619]; Pakistan (N) [3690]
  Indian Ocean
Comoro Is (N) [441]; Madagascar (N) [1982, 3402]
  Middle East
Saudi Arabia (N) [1939]; Yemen (N) [1939]
  South America
Brazil (U) [1414]; Bahia [1414]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Lake Victoria regional transition zone; grasslands [210];
    Sahel regional transition zone; anthropic landscapes [210];
    Sahel regional transition zone; grassland [210];
    Somalia-Masai grasslands [210];
    Sudanian anthropic landscapes [210];
    Sudanian grasslands [210];
    Sudanian woodland     Zambezian anthropic landscapes. [210];
    Zambezian grassland [210];
    Zanzibar-Inhambane regional transition zone; anthropic habitats. [210];
    Zanzibar-Inhambane regional transition zone; grassland. [210];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [24, 210, 1859, 3402, 3619] ; Distribution Map [441] ; Illustration [210, 1859, 3619]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [3402] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Herb [3402] ; Lifespan: Annual [3402], Perennial [3402] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1993 Polhill RM, 2003-11 (Madagascar) Novoselova MS extract, 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P, 2005 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H (JS2005)

  
NOTES:
  Brummitt distinguished var. pubescens and var. leptostachya of this subspecies [3402]
  based on the type of pubescence. Both variants are present in Madagascar, but [3402]
  with a range of intermediates. Needs further examination. [3402]

  
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

212.

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

441.

  Brummitt, R.K., 1968
    Bol.Soc.Brot.,2,41:219-393. Tephrosia in the FZ area

1414.

  Lewis, G.P., 1987
    Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 369 pp Legumes of Bahia

1859.

  Collenette, 1985
    Flowers of Saudi Arabia

1939.

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

1982.

  Du Puy, D.J., 1993
    Legumes of Madagascar. Typescripte.

3402.

  Du Puy, D.J. et al., 2002
    The Leguminosae of Madagascar. RBG Kew.

3619.

  Bhandari, M.M., 1978
    Flora of the Indian desert. Jodhpur.

3690.

  Sanjappa, M., 2001
    Pers.comm.
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