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Eriosema shirense Baker f.

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HIGHER TAXON: Phaseoleae

GENUS: Eriosema (DC.)G.Don

Eriosema shirense Baker f. [Accepted]
    Eriosema filipendulum Baker f. {Synonym}
  
VERNACULAR NAME: -
  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Angola-ISO (N) [210]; Burundi (N) [8]; Cameroon (N) [210]
    Central African Rep. (N) [313]; Ethiopia (N) [210]
    Ivory Coast (N) [212]; Kenya (N) [210]; Malawi (N) [210]
    Mozambique (N) [210]; Nigeria (N) [212]; Rwanda (N) [210]
    Tanzania (N) [210]; Uganda (N) [210]; Zambia (N) [8]
    Zimbabwe (N) [210]
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Afromontane grassland [210]
    Lake Victoria regional transition zone; grasslands [210]
    Lake Victoria regional transition zone; woodland. [210]
    Montane woodland [210], Sudanian grasslands [210], Sudanian woodland [210]
    Zambezian grassland [210], Zambezian woodland [210]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing
  Conservation Status: Not Threatened
  Habit: Herb
  Lifespan: Perennial
  Nodules: Present [1785]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist
  
USES: -

  
NOTES:
  Very variable (FTEA, ref.210).
  E.filipendulum treated as separate good species by Torre, CFA (ref.216).
  Torre (CFA, ref.216) distinguishes two varieties of his E.shirense.
  Sihronen 305 (K) from Burkina Fasso could be this.


DATA SOURCES:

8.

   Lock,J.M., 1985
    Specimen in Herb.Kew
    Specimen in Herb.Kew

210.

   Gillett,J.B. et al., 1971
    Papilionoideae.In:Fl.Trop.E.Africa,Milne-Redhead & Polhill
    Papilionoideae.In:Fl.Trop.E.Africa,Milne-Redhead & Polhill

212.

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

313.

   Jacques-Felix,H., 1971
    Adansonia ser.2,11:141-99.Obs.sur quelqs.esp.Eriosema
    Adansonia ser.2,11:141-99.Obs.sur quelqs.esp.Eriosema

1785.

   Allen,O.N. & Allen,E.K., 1981
    The Leguminosae, A Source Book of Characteristics,Uses,&Nod.
    The Leguminosae, A Source Book of Characteristics,Uses,&Nod.
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