Fabaceae
Kotschya

Kotschya aeschynomenoides (Welw. ex Baker) Dewit & P.A.Duvign.

First published in Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 86: 213 (1954)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Ivory Coast to Sudan and S. Tropical Africa. It is a subshrub or shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Burundi, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Aké Assi, L. (2001). Flore de la Côte-d'Ivoire: catalogue systématique, biogéographie et écologie. I. Boissiera 57: 1-396.
  • 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.
  • Lewalle, J. (1970). Liste floristique et répartition altitudinale de la flore du Burundi occidental: 1-84. Université officielle de Bujumbura.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Troupin, G. (ed.) (1983). Flora du Rwanda 2: 1-603. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.
  • Verdcourt, B. (2000). Flora Zambesiaca 3(6): 1-175. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Publications used to compile the distribution and map:

  • Aké Assi, L. (2001). Flore de la Côte-d'Ivoire: catalogue systématique, biogéographie et écologie. I. Boissiera 57: 1-396.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Lewalle, J. (1970). Liste floristique et répartition altitudinale de la flore du Burundi occidental: 1-84. Université officielle de Bujumbura.
  • Troupin, G. (ed.) (1983). Flora du Rwanda 2: 1-603. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.
  • Verdcourt, B. (2000). Flora Zambesiaca 3(6): 1-175. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Dewit & Duvign. in Bulletin de la Société Royale de Botanique de Belgique 86: 213 (1954)
  • Dewit & Duvign. in Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 5: 338, fig. 22 (1954).
  • Torre in Consp. Fl. Angol. 3: 206 (1966).
  • Verdc. in Kew Bulletin 24: 39 (1970).

International Legume Database and Information Service

  • Gillett, J. B. et al. (1971). Papilionoideae. In: Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Milne-Redhead & Polhill
  • Robyns, W. (Ed.) (1954). Flore du Congo Belge, Vol. 5. Galegeae, Hedysareae.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 1, 2004 Lovett, P.; Kayombo, C. [469] Tanzania K000387490 Yes
Sep 1, 2004 Bingham, M.G. [9506] Zambia K000384823 Yes
Sep 1, 2004 Lovett, J.C.; Kayombo, C.J. [4711] Tanzania K000387491 Yes
Sep 1, 2004 Nkhoma, C.N.; Harder, D.K.; Schmidt, H.H.; Louwiika, B. [228] Zambia K000384824 Yes
Jul 24, 2001 Nuyt, C. [257] Rwanda K000384791 No
Sep 24, 1997 Smith, R.; Pope; Goyder [5900] Zambia K000384821 Yes
Sep 24, 1997 Smith, R.; Pope; Goyder [5900] Zambia K000384822 Yes
Mar 1, 1994 Cunningham, A.B. [4024] Uganda K000387495 Yes
Aug 1, 1989 Kibuwa, S.P. [5551] Tanzania K000387485 Yes
Mar 1, 1970 Volkens, G. [401] Tanzania K000418180 Type Yes
Feb 1, 1969 Whyte, A. [334] Malawi K000418174 Type Yes
Apr 1, 1960 Welwitsch [2036] Angola K000418176 Unknown Type Material Yes
May 16, 1956 Schmitz, A. [4913] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000384789 No
Mar 1, 1920 Purseglove, J.W. [2361] Uganda K000387498 Yes
Mar 1, 1920 Richards, M. [16821] Tanzania K000514350 Yes
Mar 1, 1920 Purseglove, J.W. [1608] Uganda K000387497 Yes
Mar 1, 1920 Burtt, B.D. [6440] Tanzania K000387489 Yes
Mar 1, 1920 Thomas, A.S. [1080] Uganda K000387496 Yes
Richards, H.M. [9947] Zambia K000384811 Yes
Kisena; Mmari [1685] Tanzania K000387480 Yes
Scaetta, H. [1661] Rwanda K000384792 No
Merrett, L.; Ginwalla, R. [2832] Zambia K001609202 Yes
Van der veken, P. [11093] Rwanda K000384794 No
Ngonyani [44] Tanzania K000387484 No
Reekmans, M. [7022] Burundi K000384800 No
Schmitz, A. [5106] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000384787 No
Reekmans, M. [10352] Burundi K000384808 No
Whyte, A. [s.n.] Malawi K000418175 Unknown Type Material Yes
Richards, H.M. [9947] Zambia K000384810 Yes
Reekmans, M. [8159] Burundi K000384799 No
Reekmans, M. [8188] Burundi K000384798 No
Shabani [761] Tanzania K000387482 No
Ngonyani [37] Tanzania K000387483 Yes
Troupin, G. [20502] Rwanda K000384795 No
Fanshawe, D.B. [3544] Zambia K000384812 Yes
Kayombo, C. [674] Tanzania K000514356 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Sitoni, D.; Vollesen, K.; Whitehouse, C. [3716] Tanzania K000387479 Yes
Johnston, H.H. [s.n.] Angola K000384816 Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Rutherford-Smith, R.O.B. [6967] Zambia K000384809 Yes
Harley, R.M. [9528] Tanzania K000387488 Yes
Lejeune [29] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000384786 No
Frisby, A.; Maiato, F. [4126] Angola K001334029 Yes
Dale, I.R. [3782] Kenya K000384826 Yes
Lewalle, J. [870] Burundi K000384790 No
s.coll. [11790] Angola K000384818 Yes
Lewalle [5852] Burundi K000384793 No
Becquet, A. [346] Rwanda K000384785 No
Newbould, J.; Harley, R.M. [4622] Tanzania K000387487 Yes
Reekmans, M. [9365] Burundi K000384803 No
Chapman, J.D. [119] Malawi K000384814 Yes
Lovett, J.; Lovett, J.; Bidgood, S. [710] Tanzania K000514354 Yes
Rogers, F.A. [10986] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000384788 No
Friis, I.; Vollesen, K. [209] Sudan K000384784 No
Reekmans, M. [9369] Burundi K000384804 No
Reekmans, M. [8070] Burundi K000384802 No
Goyder, D.J.; Pope, G.V.; Radcliffe-Smith, A. [3116] Zambia K000384825 Yes
Reekmans, M. [10700] Burundi K000384806 No
Kisena; Mmari [1685] Tanzania K000387481 Yes
Friis, I. [1142] Sudan K000384783 No
Reekman, M. [10700] Burundi K000384796 No
s.coll. [2140] Angola K000384817 Yes
Phillips, E. [3643] Malawi K000384820 Yes
Rwaburindore, P.K. [2850] Uganda K000387493 Yes
Brummitt, R.K. [12057] Malawi K000384819 Yes
Richards, H.M. [16427] Zambia K000384813 Yes
s.coll. [9422] Angola K000384815 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Sitoni, D.; Vollesen, K.; Whitehouse, C. [3803] Tanzania K000387478 Yes
Reekmans, M. [10571] Burundi K000384807 No
Reekmans, M. [9031] Burundi K000384805 No
Gilbert, M.G. [5385] Kenya K000384777 Yes
Perdue, R.E.; Kibuwa, S.P. [8447] Uganda K000387499 Yes
Lewalle, J. [6203] Burundi K000384797 No
Reekmans, M. [7941] Burundi K000384801 No
Rwaburindore, P.K. [2559] Uganda K000387494 Yes
Lovett, J.; Lovett, J. [2214] Tanzania K000514353 Yes
Rwaburindore, P.K. [5280] Uganda K000387492 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Sitoni, D.; Vollesen, K.; Whitehouse, C. [4071] Tanzania K000387477 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [13639] Kenya K000387500 Yes
Lovett, J.; Lovett, J.; Bidgood, S. [710] Tanzania K000514355 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [10460] Tanzania K000387486 Yes

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