Fabaceae
Pleurolobus

Pleurolobus gangeticus (L.) J.St.-Hil. ex H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi

First published in J. Jap. Bot. 93: 184 (2018)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & Subtropical Old World to Australia. It is a perennial or subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Burkina, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caroline Is., Central African Repu, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Congo, East Himalaya, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laccadive Is., Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Malawi, Malaya, Maldives, Mali, Maluku, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Cook Is., Fiji, Jamaica, Madagascar, Marianas, Réunion, Society Is., Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is.

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.
  • 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.

Publications used to compile the distribution and map:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • 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.
  • Du Puy, D.J., Labat, N.-N., Rabevohitra, R., Villiers, J.-F., Bosser, J. & Moat, J. (2002). The Leguminosae of Madagascar: 1-737. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Fosberg, F.R., Sachet, M.-H., Oliver, R. (1979). A geographical checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae. Micronesica; Journal of the College of Guam 15: 41-295.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Hallé, N. (1983). Végétation de l'île Rurutu et additions au catalogue de la flore des îles Australes. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Section B, Adansonia 5(2): 141-150.
  • Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (eds.) (1989 publ. 1990). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 3: 1-659. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Kumar, S. & Sane, P.V. (2003). Legumes of South Asia. A Checklist: 1-536. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lebrun, J.P., Toutain, B., Gaston, A. & Boudet, G. (1991). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Burkina Faso: 1-341. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Lepschi, B. & Monro, A. (Project Coordinators) (2014). Australian Plant Census (APC) Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria. http://www.anbg.gov.au/chah/apc/index.html.
  • Lock, J.M. & Ford, C.S. (2004). Legumes of Malesia a Check-List: 1-295. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lock, J.M. & Heald, J. (1994). Legumes of Indo-China a check-list: 1-164. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
  • Polhill, R.M. (1990). Flore des Mascareignes 80: 1-235. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
  • Sarmah, K.K. & Borthakur, S.K. (2009). A checklist of angiospermic plants of Manas national park in Assam, India. Pleione 3: 190-200.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • St. John, H. (1988). Census of the Flora of the Gambier islands, Polynesia. Pacific Plant Studies 43: 1-34.
  • Sykes, W.R. (2016). Flora of the Cook Islands: 1-973. National Tropical Botanical Garden, Hawaii.
  • 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.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 10: 1-642. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5690] India Desmodium maculatum K001121776 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5690] India Desmodium maculatum K001121774 Unknown Type Material Yes
Blinkworth, R. [Cat. no. 5690] India Desmodium maculatum K001121775 Unknown Type Material Yes
Oct 1, 2003 Ghogue, J.-P. [1106] Cameroon Desmodium gangeticum K000746638 Yes
Lace, J., H. [4533] BU Desmodium gangeticum K000980028 Yes
Brass, L. J. [24358] Papua New Guinea Desmodium gangeticum K003402954 No
Harris, T. [129] Mozambique Desmodium gangeticum K000545111 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K. [9721] Zambia Desmodium gangeticum K001567151 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5689] Burma Desmodium gangeticum K001121769 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] BU Desmodium gangeticum K000980026 Yes
Wallich, N. [5689K] BU Desmodium gangeticum K000980022 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5689] India Desmodium gangeticum K001121764 Unknown Type Material Yes
Lace, J., H. [5089] BU Desmodium gangeticum K000980033 Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 5689] Desmodium gangeticum K001121766 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5689] Desmodium gangeticum K001121760 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sinsin, B.; Agbani, P.; Yédomonhan, H. [2725] Benin Desmodium gangeticum K001562100 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5689] Burma Desmodium gangeticum K001121773 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5689] Burma Desmodium gangeticum K001121771 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [5689L] BU Desmodium gangeticum K000980023 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K. [9224] Zambia Desmodium gangeticum K001567128 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5689] Desmodium gangeticum K001121758 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5689] Desmodium gangeticum K001121767 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5689] Desmodium gangeticum K001121763 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India Desmodium gangeticum K000858778 Unknown Type Material Yes
leg. ign. [s.n.] Australia Desmodium gangeticum K000279009 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5689] Burma Desmodium gangeticum K001121770 Unknown Type Material Yes
McClelland, J. [s.n.] BU Desmodium gangeticum K000980025 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5689] Desmodium gangeticum K001121759 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5689] India Desmodium gangeticum K001121762 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] BU Desmodium gangeticum K000980024 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5689] Burma Desmodium gangeticum K001121772 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5689] India Desmodium gangeticum K001121765 Unknown Type Material Yes
Helfer, D. [1632] BU Desmodium gangeticum K000980032 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5689] Desmodium gangeticum K001121768 Unknown Type Material Yes
McClelland, J. [s.n.] BU Desmodium gangeticum K000980031 Yes

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