Fabaceae
Vigna

Vigna ambacensis Welw. ex Baker

First published in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 2: 201 (1871)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa. It is a climbing annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Berhaut, J. (1976). Flore illustrée du Sénégal 5: 1-658. Gouvernement du Sénégal, Ministère du développement rural direction des eaux et forêta, Dakar.
  • 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.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(1): 1-85. ORSTROM, Bangui.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • 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.
  • Peyre de Fabregues, B. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1976). Catalogue des Plantes Vascularies du Niger: 1-433. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Catarino, L., Sampaio Martins, E., Pinto-Basto, M.F. & Diniz, M.A. (2006). Plantas Vasculares e Briófitos da Guiné-Bissau: 1-298. Instituto de investigação científica tropical, Instituto Português de apoio ao desenvolvimento. [Cited as Vigna heterophylla.]
  • 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. [Cited as Vigna heterophylla.]
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391. [Cited as Vigna heterophylla.]

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Bak. f. Leg. Trop. Afr. 2: 400 (1929)
  • Wilczek in Fl. Congo Belge 6: 355
  • in F.T.A. 2: 201 (1871)

Publications used to compile the distribution and map:

  • Berhaut, J. (1976). Flore illustrée du Sénégal 5: 1-658. Gouvernement du Sénégal, Ministère du développement rural direction des eaux et forêta, Dakar.
  • 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.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(1): 1-85. ORSTROM, Bangui.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • 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.
  • Peyre de Fabregues, B. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1976). Catalogue des Plantes Vascularies du Niger: 1-433. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.

Seed Collection Guides

  • Maxted et al. 2004, An ecogeographic study of African Vigna.; Flora of Tropical Africa 1971 Leguminosae 4, 632

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Bak. f., Leguminosae of Tropical Africa: 400 (1929).
  • Bak. in Flora of Tropical Africa 2: 201 (1871).
  • Hepper in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 568 (1958).
  • Torre in Consp. Fl. Angol. 3: 266 (1966).
  • Wilczek in Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 6: 355 (1954).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1970 Dummer, R. [4441] Uganda K000263442 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1970 Dummer, R. [4441] Uganda K000263443 Type Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Congo, Republic of the K001356978 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ghana K001357237 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001359621 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357215 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001359619 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001359612 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001357876 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001357862 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [10896] Tanzania K:SPC-24461.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Guinea-Bissau K001357189 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001357873 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001359624 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ghana K001357228 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ghana K001357224 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ghana K001357190 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001359629 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001357857 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ghana K001357226 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359638 Yes
Stupe(?) [983] Niger K000263365 Type Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357211 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359647 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001357865 Yes
Schimper [454] Ethiopia K000263414 Type Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001357871 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359643 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357216 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001357853 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ghana K001357197 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357205 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Burkina Faso K001357223 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357207 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001357867 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Cameroon K001356966 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357219 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ghana K001357225 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001359636 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357214 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001357869 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Cameroon K000087356 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001359613 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Cameroon K001356969 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001357864 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Togo K001357199 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001357872 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001357881 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001359626 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Congo, Republic of the K001356974 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001359611 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001357861 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357217 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ghana K001357230 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Cameroon K001356964 Yes
Brunt, M.A. [894] Cameroon K000087357 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357209 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Cameroon K001356963 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ghana K001357235 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357210 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Congo, Republic of the K001356976 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ghana K001357194 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Congo, Republic of the K001356975 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001357874 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357202 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Cameroon K001356967 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001357880 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001359617 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Central African Republic K001356970 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ghana K001357196 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001359618 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ghana K001357231 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359653 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359640 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001357854 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Cameroon K001356965 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357208 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001357863 No
Schimper [458] Ethiopia K000263415 Type Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001357859 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359651 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001359637 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ghana K001357227 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001359616 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ghana K001357232 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001359627 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357222 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001359631 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359639 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Congo, Republic of the K001356973 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359649 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357213 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001357852 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357221 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ghana K001357234 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359642 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001359623 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ghana K001357236 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001359634 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Congo, Republic of the K001356979 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001359630 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001357856 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001359622 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001359628 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sudan K001357850 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Mali K001357188 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359652 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357206 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ghana K001357192 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Togo K001357200 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Central African Republic K001356982 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Congo, Republic of the K001356980 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001357866 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ghana K001357195 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001357851 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001357878 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357203 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357212 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Central African Republic K001356962 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001359633 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001357875 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001357860 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001359615 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Congo, Republic of the K001356971 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001359635 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001359625 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359645 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001357858 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Togo K001357201 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001359632 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001357855 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ghana K001357191 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ghana K001357193 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359641 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ghana K001357233 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001357870 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Benin K001357239 Yes
Welwitsch [2260] Angola K000263435 Type Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Congo, Republic of the K001356977 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Congo, Republic of the K001356972 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001356981 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001359620 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359650 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359644 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357218 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359648 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001359614 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Angola K001363102 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sierra Leone K001357198 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001357877 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K001362890 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ghana K001357229 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359654 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359646 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Cameroon K001356968 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ghana K001357238 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K001357879 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Saudi Arabia K001355491 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357220 Yes
Letouzey, R. [13182] Cameroon K000087355 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001357868 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357204 Yes

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