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Gagnebina microcephala (Renvoize)Villiers

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HIGHER TAXON: Mimoseae

GENUS: Gagnebina Neck.

Gagnebina microcephala (Renvoize)Villiers [Preferred name]
    Dichrostachys microcephala Renvoize, p.p. {Synonym}
    Gagnebina commersoniana var. aldabrensis G.P.Lewis & P.Guinet {Synonym}
    Gagnebina commersoniana var. commersoniana sensu G.P.Lewis & P.Guinet, p.p. {Misapplied}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Trefle [1941]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Indian Ocean
Aldabra (N) [1941, 3055]; Astove I [1941]; Cosmoledo I [1941]; Madagascar (N) [3055, 3402]; Mauritius (U) [3059]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1941, 3055, 3057, 3402] ; Illustration [3109]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [3402] ; Further editing: 2005-10 Agababian M - Ed.scr.French Names ; Habit: Shrub [1941] [3402], Tree [1941] ; Lifespan: Perennial [3402] ; Source(s): 2003-11 (Madagascar) Novoselova MS extract, 2005 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H (JS2005)

  
NOTES:
  as seedlings and young plants are easily damaged by tortoises. [3402]
  Gagnebina commersoniana subsp. aldabrensis G.P.Lewis & Guinet: Accepted [03/1 [1941]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1941.

  Robertson, S.A., 1989
    Flowering Plants of Seychelles. Kew

3055.

  Fosberg, F.R. & Renvoize, S.A., 1980
    Leguminosae. In:Flora of Aldabra. Kew Bull.Addn.Ser.7:97-119

3057.

  Baker, J.G., 1877
    Flora of Mauritius and the Seychelles

3059.

  Hemsley, W., 1916
    J.Bot.54. Suppl.2:1-24 Flora of Seychelles and Aldabra

3109.

  Lewis, G.P. & Guinet, Ph., 1986
    Kew Bull. 41(2):463-470 Notes on Gagnebina in Madagascar...

3402.

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