Fabaceae
Sphenostylis

Sphenostylis schweinfurthii Harms

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 26: 309 (1899)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to Ethiopia and Angola. It is a subshrub or shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mali, Nigeria, Sudan, Togo

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.
  • Aké Assi, L. (2001). Flore de la Côte-d'Ivoire: catalogue systématique, biogéographie et écologie. I. Boissiera 57: 1-396.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Bak. f. Leg. Trop. Afr. 2: 422.
  • Chev. Bot. 198
  • in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 26: 309 (1899)

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.
  • Aké Assi, L. (2001). Flore de la Côte-d'Ivoire: catalogue systématique, biogéographie et écologie. I. Boissiera 57: 1-396.
  • 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.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

International Legume Database and Information Service

  • Hepper, F. N. (1958). Papilionoideae. In: Flora West Tropical Africa. Keay, R. W. J.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2024 Rieder, C.; Camara, M. [280] Guinea K000010639 No
May 1, 1997 Schweinfurth, G. [1360] Sudan K000263478 Isolectotype Yes
May 1, 1997 Schweinfurth, G. [1360] Sudan K000263477 Type Yes
Andrews, F.W. [A440] Sudan K001350245 Yes
Keay, R.W.J. [25744] Nigeria K001350122 Yes
Tuley, P. [2204] Nigeria K001350124 Yes
Morton, J.K.Morton,, J.K. [8616] Ghana K001350105 Yes
Thornewill, A.S. [39] Nigeria K001350126 Yes
Thornewill, A.S. [39] Nigeria K001350120 Yes
Okafor; Daramola [54608] Nigeria K001350116 Yes
Dent Young, J. [76] Nigeria K001350141 Yes
Morton, J.K. [25140] Ghana K001350111 Yes
de Wilde, J.J.F.E.; Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [3501] Cote d'Ivoire K001350101 Yes
Dalziel, J.M. [11] Nigeria K001350135 Yes
Mildbraed, G.W.J. [9563] Cameroon K001350236 Yes
Gaggash, M. [31432] Nigeria K001350119 Yes
Meikle, R.D. [1197] Nigeria K001350130 Yes
Hepper, F.N.; Morton, J.K. [A3183] Ghana K001350106 Yes
Lely, H.V. [533] Nigeria K001350133 Yes
Myers [13926] Sudan K001350247 Yes
Batten-Poole, W.H. [130A] Nigeria K001350134 Yes
Morton, J.K. [8636] Ghana K001350110 Yes
MacGregor, W.D. [433] Nigeria K001350136 Yes
Hill, A.W. [s.n.] Nigeria K001350129 Yes
Oldmand, R.A.A. [375] Cote d'Ivoire K001350102 Yes
Dackouo, R.; Diabate, M.; Diarra, Y.; Traore, M.; Traore, Y, [ML-953] Mali K001350123 Yes
Morton, J.K.Morton,, J.K. [8616] Ghana K001350104 Yes
Hill, A.W. [26] Nigeria K001350138 Yes
Latilo, M.G. [47435] Nigeria K001350142 Yes
Morton, J.K. [K365] Nigeria K001350131 Yes
Keay, R.W.J. [16253] Nigeria K001350114 Yes
Lawton, R.M. [1840] Nigeria K001350127 Yes
Fotius, G. [2343] Cameroon K001350239 Yes
Lely, H.V. [454] Nigeria K001350137 Yes
McClintock, A. [191] Nigeria K001350139 Yes
De Wilde [3501] Cote d'Ivoire K001350100 Yes
Geerling, C.; Bokdam, J. [2052] Cote d'Ivoire K001350103 Yes
Roberty, G. [17099] Mali K001350099 Yes
Meikle, R.D. [1197] Nigeria K001350113 Yes
Chevalier, A. [7314] Central African Republic K001350238 Yes
Mildbraed, G.W.J. [9563] Cameroon K001350235 Yes
Mildbraed, G.W.J. [10119] Cameroon K001350241 Yes
de Kruif, A.P.M. [572] Cote d'Ivoire K001286783 Yes
Lawton, R.M. [1840] Nigeria K001350128 Yes
Hepper, F.N.; Morton, J.K. [A3068] Ghana K001350107 Yes
Thornewill, A.S. [39] Nigeria K001350121 Yes
Meikle, R.D. [1197] Nigeria K001350132 Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [7662] Cameroon K001350237 Yes
Dalziel, J.M. [402] Nigeria K001350140 Yes
Latilo, M.G. [45491] Nigeria K001350118 Yes
Harris, J.M. [s.n.] Ghana K001350109 Yes
Lock, J.M. [84/96] Togo K001350112 Yes
Morton, J.K. [A1105] Ghana K001350108 Yes
Olorunfemi, J. [55789] Nigeria K001350125 Yes
Latilo; Okeke; Odewo [69357] Nigeria K001350117 Yes
Raynal, J.; Raynal, A. [13226] Cameroon K001350240 Yes
Aké Assi, L. [11103] Benin K001350144 Yes
Tchiengue, B.; Alphonse, T. [3052] Guinea K000460707 Yes
Cheek, M.; Seydou, C.; Haba, P.; Conde. [13736] Guinea K000460708 Yes
Lely, H.V. [P.108] Nigeria K001350115 Yes
Binga, N. [35018] Nigeria K001350143 Yes
Meikle, R.D. [1197] Nigeria K:SPC-11638.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0