Fabaceae
Alysicarpus

Alysicarpus glumaceus (Vahl) DC.

First published in Prodr. 2: 353 (1825)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa, Arabian Peninsula, Indian Subcontinent to Myanmar. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Assam, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Djibouti, East Himalaya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Gulf States, India, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Myanmar, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, West Himalaya, Yemen, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Queensland

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(1): 1-85. ORSTROM, Bangui.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • 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.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Ghazanfar, S.A. (2007). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman. volume 2. Crassulaceae - Apiaceae. Scripta Botanica Belgica 36: 1-220.
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne.
  • Jongbloed, M., Western, R.A. & Boer, B. (2000). Annotated Check-list for plants in the U.A.E.: 1-90. Zodiac Publishing, Dubai.
  • Kumar, S. & Sane, P.V. (2003). Legumes of South Asia. A Checklist: 1-536. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Kumar, S. (2012). Herbaceous flora of Jaunsar-Bawar (Uttarkhand), India: enumerations. Phytotaxonomy 12: 33-56.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Mosti, S., Raffaelli, M. & Tardelli, M. (2012). Contributions to the flora of central-southern Dhofar (Sultanate of Oman). Webbia; Raccolta de Scritti Botanici 67: 65-91.
  • Peyre de Fabregues, B. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1976). Catalogue des Plantes Vascularies du Niger: 1-433. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Verdcourt, B. (2000). Flora Zambesiaca 3(6): 1-175. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Zhu, X.Y., Zhang, R.P. & He, Y.L. (eds.) (2021). An inventory of legume species diversity of Myanmar: 1-297. China Minzu university press.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Léonard in Fl. Congo Belge 5: 231, fig. 13 E.
  • Prod. 2: 353 (1825)

Publications used to compile the distribution and map:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Audru, J., Cesar, J. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1994). Les Plantes Vasculaires de la République de Djibouti. Flore Illustrée 1: 1-336. CIRAD, Départerment d'Elevage et de Médecine vétérinaire, Djibouti.
  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(1): 1-85. ORSTROM, Bangui.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • 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.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Ghazanfar, S.A. (2007). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman. volume 2. Crassulaceae - Apiaceae. Scripta Botanica Belgica 36: 1-220.
  • Jongbloed, M., Western, R.A. & Boer, B. (2000). Annotated Check-list for plants in the U.A.E.: 1-90. Zodiac Publishing, Dubai.
  • Kumar, S. & Sane, P.V. (2003). Legumes of South Asia. A Checklist: 1-536. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Kumar, S. (2012). Herbaceous flora of Jaunsar-Bawar (Uttarkhand), India: enumerations. Phytotaxonomy 12: 33-56.
  • Lebrun, J.-P., Audru, J., Gaston, A. & Mosnier, M. (1972). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Tchad Méridional: 1-289. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Mosti, S., Raffaelli, M. & Tardelli, M. (2012). Contributions to the flora of central-southern Dhofar (Sultanate of Oman). Webbia; Raccolta de Scritti Botanici 67: 65-91.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Verdcourt, B. (2000). Flora Zambesiaca 3(6): 1-175. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Zhu, X.Y., Zhang, R.P. & He, Y.L. (eds.) (2021). An inventory of legume species diversity of Myanmar: 1-297. China Minzu university press.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • DC., Prodr. 2: 353 (1825).
  • E. Lind & A. Tallantire, Some Common Flowering Plants of Uganda p. 82 (1962).
  • Hepper in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 587 (1958).
  • J. Léon, in Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l'État a Bruxelles 24: 98, fig. 13 (1954)
  • J. Léon. in Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 5: 231, fig. 13/E (1954).

International Legume Database and Information Service

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

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Mar 23, 1979 Faden, A.J.; Faden, R.B. [743] Kenya K000058866 Yes
Jun 1, 1966 Bogdan, A. [3071] Kenya K000058847 Yes
May 1, 1966 Rawlins, S.P. [47] Kenya K000059280 Yes
May 1, 1966 Rawlins, S.P. [99] Kenya K000059282 Yes
May 1, 1966 Rawlins, S.P. [19] Kenya K000059284 Yes
May 1, 1966 Jeffery, G.W. [314] Kenya K000059283 Yes
May 1, 1966 s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K000059286 Yes
May 1, 1966 Rawlins, S.P. [183] Kenya K000059279 Yes
May 1, 1966 Tweedie [976] Kenya K000059281 Yes
Jan 1, 1966 Bogdan, A. [2601] Kenya K000418209 Type Yes
May 1, 1960 Bogdan, A. [3135] Kenya K000058852 Yes
Apr 1, 1960 Gossweiler, J. [390] Angola K001307166 Yes
Nov 1, 1953 Welwitsch [2134] Angola K000418206 Type Yes
Jun 2, 1911 Bogdan, A. [3072] Kenya K000058846 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [9455] Kenya K000058854 Yes
Dowson, W.J. [472] Kenya K000058863 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5764] K001122059 Unknown Type Material Yes
Napier, E.R. [577] Kenya K000058853 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [18881] Kenya K000058855 Yes
Vainwaring [3041] Kenya K000058864 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5764] K001122060 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bogdan, A. [3362] Kenya K000058850 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5764] Burma K001122058 Unknown Type Material Yes
Verdcourt, B.; Polhill [3176] Kenya K000058848 Yes
Tweedie [3354] Kenya K000059287 Yes
Bogdan, A. [3126] Kenya K000058867 Yes
Bogdan, A. [3361] Kenya K000058849 Yes
Aké Assi, L. [s.n.] Burkina Faso K000386665 No
Bogdan, A. [4377] Kenya K000058851 Yes
Robertson, S.A. [1999] Kenya K000058865 Yes
Tweedie, E.M. [907] Kenya K:SPC-09234.000 No
Napper, D.M.; Jones, Q. [1959] Kenya K000058856 Yes

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