Eriosema shirense

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fabales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Phaseoleae
Subtribus: Cajaninae
Genus: Eriosema
Species: Eriosema shirense
Varietates: E. s. var. pawekiae – E. s. var. shirense

Name

Eriosema shirense Baker f., Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 4(1): 11 (1894)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Africa West Tropical Africa Ivory Coast, Nigeria. West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Rwanda, Zaïre. Northeast Tropical Africa Ethiopia. East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. South Tropical Africa Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Baker, E.G. 1894. The Plants of Milanji, Nyasa-land, collected by Mr. Alexander Whyte, F.L.S., and described by Messrs. Britten, E.G. Baker, Rendle, Gepp, and others; with an Introduction by William Carruthers, F.R.S, F.L.S. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 2nd series: Botany 4: 1–67. Plates I-X, and map. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Eriosema shirense in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 May 27. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Eriosema shirense. Published online. Accessed: May 27 2023.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Eriosema shirense. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 May 2023.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Eriosema shirense in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.