Leptospron

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: Phaseolinae
Genus: Leptospron
Species: L. adenanthum – L. gentryi

Name

Leptospron (Benth. & Hook.f.) A.Delgado, Amer. J. Bot. 98: 1709 (2011).

Type species: P. rostratus Wall.

Synonyms

Basionym
- Phaseolus sect. Leptospron Benth. & Hook.f., Gen. Pl. 1(2): 538 (-539) (1865).
Homotypic
- Vigna sect. Leptospron (Benth. & Hook.f.) Maréchal, Mascherpa & Stainier, Taxon 27(2–3): 202 (1978).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
- Regional: West Tropical Africa
  - Benin, Burkina, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo.
- Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa
  - Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Zaïre.
- Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Somalia, Sudan.
- Regional: East Tropical Africa
  - Tanzania.
- Regional: South Tropical Africa
  - Angola.
- Regional: Western Indian Ocean
  - Madagascar (introduced), Réunion, Seychelles.
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Eastern Asia
  - Nansei-shoto, Taiwan.
Continental: Asia-Tropical
- Regional: Indian Subcontinent
  - Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya.
- Regional: Indo-China
  - Andaman Islands (introduced), Cambodia, Laos, South China Sea, Thailand, Vietnam.
- Regional: Malesia
  - Malaya, Philippines, Sulawesi.
- Regional: Papuasia
  - Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, Solomon Islands.
Continental: Australasia
- Regional: Australia
  - Northern Territory, Queensland (introduced), Western Australia.
Continental: Pacific
- Regional: Southwestern Pacific
  - Fiji, New Caledonia (introduced), Samoa, Tonga.
- Regional: South-Central Pacific
  - Cook Islands.
Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Florida (introduced).
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest.
Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Central America
  - Belize, Central American Pacific Islands, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama.
- Regional: Caribbean
  - Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Islands.
- Regional: Northern South America
  - Venezuela.
- Regional: Western South America
  - Bolivia, Colombia, Galápagos.
- Regional: Brazil
  - Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central.
- Regional: Southern South America
  - Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Paraguay, Uruguay.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Delgado Salinas, A., Thulin, M., Pasquet, R.S., Weeden, N. & Lavin, M. 2011. Vigna (Leguminosae) sensu lato: The names and identities of the American segregate genera. American Journal of Botany 98(10): 1694–1715. DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1100069 PDF Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Leptospron in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 19. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Leptospron. Published online. Accessed: May 19 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Leptospron. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 May 2021.
Hassler, M. 2021. Leptospron. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 19. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Leptospron. Accessed: 19 May 2021.