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Tephrosia reptans Baker

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HIGHER TAXON: Millettieae

GENUS: Tephrosia Pers.

Tephrosia reptans Baker [Preferred name]
    Tephrosia granitica R.Vig. {Synonym}
    Tephrosia iringae sensu Cronquist, p.p. {Misapplied}

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Burundi (N) [210]; Ethiopia (N) [24]; Kenya (N) [210]; Malawi (N) [210]; Mozambique (N) [210]; South Africa (N) [442]; Tanzania (N) [210]; Uganda (N) [210]; Zambia (N) [210]; Zimbabwe (N) [210]
  Indian Ocean
Madagascar (N) [210, 3402]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Somalia-Masai bushland and thicket [210];
    Zambezian grassland [210];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [24, 210, 3402]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [3402] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Herb [3402] ; Lifespan: Annual [3402], Perennial [3402] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1993 Polhill RM, 2003-11 (Madagascar) Novoselova MS extract, 2005 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H (JS2005)

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

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

442.

  Schrire, B.D., 1987
    Bothalia 17:7-15. Tephrosia subg.Barbistyla in southern Afr.

3402.

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