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Rhynchosia totta (Thunb.)DC.

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HIGHER TAXON: Phaseoleae

GENUS: Rhynchosia Lour.

Rhynchosia totta (Thunb.)DC. [Accepted]
    Rhynchosia airica Bruneau & H.Gillet {Synonym}
    Rhynchosia elegantissima Schinz {Synonym}
    Rhynchosia filicaulis Baker {Synonym}
    Rhynchosia lynesii Baker f. & Martin {Doubtful Synonym}
    Rhynchosia tibestica Bruneau et al. {Synonym}
    Rhynchosia venulosa (Hiern)Schumann {Synonym}
  
VERNACULAR NAME: -
  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Angola-ISO (N) [210]; Botswana (N) [210]; Chad (N) [549]
    Ethiopia (N) [210]; Kenya (N) [210]; Mozambique (N) [210]
    Namibia-ISO (N) [232]; Niger (N) [78]; Somalia (N) [210]
    South Africa (N) [210]; Sudan (N) [29]
    Swaziland (N) [233]; Tanzania (N) [210]; Uganda (N) [210]
    Zambia (N) [210]; Zimbabwe (N) [210]
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Lake Victoria regional transition zone; grasslands [210]
    Somalia-Masai grasslands [210], Zambezian grassland [210]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing, Not climbing
  Conservation Status: Not Threatened
  Habit: Herb
  Lifespan: Perennial
  Nodules: Present [1785]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist
  
USES: -

  
NOTES:
  Two varieties, totta & venulosa (FTEA, ref.210).
  R.venulosa treated as good species in PFSWA, ref.232.
  Nodulation data also from Rhynchosia elegantissima Schinz [1785]
  Nodulation data also from Rhynchosia venulosa (Hiern)Schumann [1785]


DATA SOURCES:

29.

   Andrews,F.W., 1952
    The Flowering Plants of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan;Vol.2.
    The Flowering Plants of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan;Vol.2.

78.

   Peyre de Fabregues,B.& Lebrun, 1976
    IEMVPT Etude Botanique No.3. Catalogue des plantes..du Niger
    IEMVPT Etude Botanique No.3. Catalogue des plantes..du Niger

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

232.

   Schreiber,A., 1980
    60.Papilion.In:Prodr.Flora von Sudwestafrika.Merxmuller,H.
    60.Papilion.In:Prodr.Flora von Sudwestafrika.Merxmuller,H.

233.

   Compton,L., 1966
    Flora of Swaziland.J.S.Afr.Bot.Suppl.Vol.11
    Flora of Swaziland.J.S.Afr.Bot.Suppl.Vol.11

549.

   Quezel,P., 1958
    Mission Botanique au Tibesti(Univ.Alger.Inst.Res.Sah.,Mem.4)
    Mission Botanique au Tibesti(Univ.Alger.Inst.Res.Sah.,Mem.4)

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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