Fabaceae
Tephrosia

Tephrosia heterophylla Vatke

First published in Oesterr. Bot. Z. 28: 214 (1878)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is NE. Tropical Africa to Kenya, SW. Arabian Peninsula. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Yemen

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Publications used to compile the distribution and map:

  • 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.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Somalia

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

International Legume Database and Information Service

  • Thulin, M. (1983). Opera Botanica 68:1-223. Leguminosae of Ethiopia
  • Thulin, M. (1989). Kew Bull. 44:329-332. identity of Tephrosia heterophylla

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Thulin, M.; Dahir, D. [6466] Somalia K000511427 Yes
Sep 14, 1999 Collenette, J.S. [9492] Saudi Arabia Tephrosia schweinfurthii K000511433 Yes
Aug 1, 1988 Kuchar, P. [16763] Somalia Tephrosia schweinfurthii K000511426 Yes
Apr 1, 1977 Gilbert, M.G.; Getachew, A. [3093] Ethiopia Tephrosia schweinfurthii K000511414 Yes
Jan 1, 1957 Bally, P.R.O. [9980] Somalia Tephrosia schweinfurthii K000511421 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Thulin, M. [1361] Kenya Tephrosia schweinfurthii K000511428 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [11815] Somalia Tephrosia schweinfurthii K000511420 Yes
Hepper, F.N. [6182] Yemen Tephrosia schweinfurthii K000511429 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [115] Yemen Tephrosia schweinfurthii K000511430 Yes
Lort Phillips, L.J. [89] Somalia Tephrosia schweinfurthii K000511425 Yes
Drake-Brockman, R.E. [184] Somalia Tephrosia schweinfurthii K000511423 Yes
Hendy, C. [121] Yemen Tephrosia schweinfurthii K000511432 Yes
Friis, I.; Gilbert, M.G.; Rasmussen, F.N.; Vollesen, K. [913] Ethiopia Tephrosia schweinfurthii K000511412 Yes
Collenette, J.S. [7745] Saudi Arabia Tephrosia schweinfurthii K000511434 Yes
Ironside Wood, J.R. [73] Somalia Tephrosia schweinfurthii K000511422 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [10940] Somalia Tephrosia schweinfurthii K000511424 Yes
Beckett, J.J. [440] Somalia Tephrosia schweinfurthii K000511418 Yes
Radcliffe-Smith, A.; Henchie, S.J. [4967] Yemen Tephrosia schweinfurthii K000511431 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Sebsebe, D.; Vollesen, K. [8108] Ethiopia Tephrosia schweinfurthii K000511417 Yes
Friis, I.; Tadesse, M.; Vollesen, K. [2756] Ethiopia Tephrosia schweinfurthii K000511413 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Thulin, M. [1491] Ethiopia Tephrosia schweinfurthii K000511415 Yes
Gillet, J.B. [4033] Somalia Tephrosia schweinfurthii K000511419 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Thulin, M. [988] Ethiopia Tephrosia schweinfurthii K000511416 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • 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