Sphenostylis stenocarpa

Sphenostylis stenocarpa

Taxonavigation edit

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: Sphenostylis
Species: Sphenostylis stenocarpa

Name edit

Sphenostylis stenocarpa (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Harms, 1899

Synonyms edit

  • Dolichos stenocarpus Hochst. ex A.Rich.
  • Sphenostylis congensis A.Chev., Bull. Soc. Nat. Accl. France, 60: 421 (1913), et Bull. Soc. Bot. France, 61: Mem. 8, 257 (1917)
  • Vigna ornata Welw. ex Baker, Oliv., Fl. Trop. Afr. 2: 203 (1871)
  • Vigna stenocarpa Taub.

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Africa
    • Regional: Eastern Africa
      • Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
    • Introduced into:
      • Burkina

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

References edit

Primary references edit

Additional references edit

  • van der Maesen, L.J.G. & Sosef, M.S.M. (2016). Flore du Gabon 49: 1-407. Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

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Vernacular names edit

English: African yam
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