Eriosema

Eriosema psoraleoides (Lam.) G.Don

First published in Gen. Hist. 2: 348 (1832)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa, Madagascar. It is a subshrub or shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

Publications used to compile the distribution and map:

  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • 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.
  • Mackinder, B., Pasquet, R., Polhill, R. & Verdcourt, B. (2001). Flora Zambesiaca 3(5): 1-261. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • de la Estrella, M., Cabezas, F.J., Aedo, C. & Velayos, M. (2010). The Papilionoideae (Leguminosae) of Equatorial Guinea (Annobón, Bioko and Río Muni). Folia Geobotanica 45: 1-57.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Bak. f. & Haydon in Leguminosae of Tropical Africa: 508 (1929).
  • F. White, Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia p. 151 (1962).
  • G. Don, Gen. Syst. Gard. Bot. 2: 348 (1832).
  • Hauman in Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 6: 206 (1954).
  • Hepper in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 557, fig. 167 (1958).
  • J.P.M. Brenan, Check-lists of the Forest Trees and Shrubs of the British Empire no. 5, part II, Tanganyika Territory p. 423 (1949).
  • R. O. Williams, Useful and Ornamental Plants in Zanzibar and Pemba p. 244, fig. (1949).
  • Robyns, Flore des Spermatophytes du Parc National Albert 1: 353 (1948).
  • Torre in Consp. Fl. Angol. 3: 337 (1966).

International Legume Database and Information Service

  • Du Puy, D. J. et al. (2002). The Leguminosae of Madagascar. RBG Kew.
  • Gillett, J. B. et al. (1971). Papilionoideae. In: Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Milne-Redhead & Polhill
  • Robyns, W. (Ed.) (1954). Flore du Congo Belge Vol. 6. Dalbergieae, Vicieae, Phaseoleae
  • Robyns, W. (Ed.) (1954). Flore du Congo Belge Vol. 6. Dalbergieae, Vicieae, Phaseoleae.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2022 Rieder, C.; Camara, M.; Camara, Y. [465] Guinea K000010704 No
Oct 1, 2003 Biye, E. [94] Cameroon K000746574 Yes
Feb 1, 2002 Pollard, B.J. [404] Cameroon K000746569 Yes
Heudelot [851] K000419587 Unknown Type Material Yes
McWhinter, J. [41] Madagascar K:SPC-32236.000 No
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K. [8903] Zambia K001567162 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K. [8903] Zambia K001567161 Yes
Luke, W.R.Q.; Kabuye, C.; Festo, L.; Ntore, S.; Bayona, W. [17928] Tanzania K001639420 Yes
Sinsin, B.; Agbani, P.; Yédomonhan, H. [2734] Benin K001562104 Yes
Francisco, M.; Camôngua, J. [FM1906] Angola K001625119 Yes
Luke, W.R.Q.; Maunder, M.; Luke, P.A. [16421] South Sudan K001639457 Yes
Zeyher [464] South Africa K000419765 Unknown Type Material Yes
Heudelot [851] K000419589 Unknown Type Material Yes
Burke [s.n.] South Africa K000419767 Unknown Type Material Yes
Martin [1195] K000419588 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wood, J.M. [1627] South Africa K000419766 Unknown Type Material Yes
Krauss [64] South Africa K000419764 Unknown Type Material Yes

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