Fabaceae
Vigna

Vigna gracilis (Guill. & Perr.) Hook.f.

First published in W.J.Hooker, Niger Fl.: 311 (1849)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to Uganda. It is a climbing annual and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Benin, Burkina, Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Uganda, Zaïre

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

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.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(1): 1-85. ORSTROM, Bangui.
  • Catarino, L., Martins, E.S., Diniz, M.A. & Pinto-Basto, M.F. (2006). Check-list da flora vascular do parque natural das Lagos de Cufada (Guiné-Bissau). Garcia de Orta, Série de Botânica 17: 97-141.
  • 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.
  • 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].
  • Jones, M. (1991). A checklist of Gambian plants: 1-33. Michael Jones, The Gambia College.
  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania 30: 1-307.
  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.
  • de la Estrella, M., Cabezas, F.J., Aedo, C. & Velayos, M. (2010). The Papilionoideae (Leguminosae) of Equatorial Guinea (Annobón, Bioko and Río Muni). Folia Geobotanica 45: 1-57.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Bak. f. Leg. Trop. Afr. 2: 403
  • Chev. Bot. 200
  • Wilczek in Fl. Congo Belge 6: 368.
  • —F.T.A. 2: 205

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.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(1): 1-85. ORSTROM, Bangui.
  • Catarino, L., Martins, E.S., Diniz, M.A. & Pinto-Basto, M.F. (2006). Check-list da flora vascular do parque natural das Lagos de Cufada (Guiné-Bissau). Garcia de Orta, Série de Botânica 17: 97-141.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Jones, M. (1991). A checklist of Gambian plants: 1-33. Michael Jones, The Gambia College.
  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania 30: 1-307.
  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.
  • de la Estrella, M., Cabezas, F.J., Aedo, C. & Velayos, M. (2010). The Papilionoideae (Leguminosae) of Equatorial Guinea (Annobón, Bioko and Río Muni). Folia Geobotanica 45: 1-57.

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, 2022 Rieder, C.; Camara, M. [394] Guinea K000010748 No
Aug 1, 2010 Ghogue, J.-P. [1017] Cameroon K000746557 Yes
Oct 1, 2008 Cheek, M. [13604] Cameroon K000580197 Yes
Feb 1, 2004 Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [8656] Cameroon K000087362 Yes
Dec 1, 2003 Mackinder, B. [146] Cameroon K000027473 Yes
Dec 1, 2003 Cheek, M. [7695] Cameroon K000008369 Yes
Oct 1, 2003 Pollard, B.J. [472] Cameroon K000746564 Yes
Jun 1, 2003 Sanford, W.W. [5440] Cameroon K000087358 Yes
Jun 1, 2003 Cable, S. [3045] Cameroon K000338569 Yes
Jun 1, 2003 Schoenenberger, J. [61] Cameroon K000008358 Yes
Apr 1, 2002 Biye, E. [33] Cameroon K000027485 Yes
Apr 1, 2002 Nwaga, D. [5] Cameroon K000027474 Yes
Apr 1, 2002 Bruneau, A. [1078] Cameroon K000027475 Yes
Jan 1, 2000 Etuge, M. [3346] Cameroon K000338571 Yes
Apr 1, 1997 Munyenyembe, P. [749] Cameroon K000338572 Yes
Jul 1, 1995 Lightbody, J.S. [FHI 26271] Cameroon K000087359 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Congo, Republic of the K001359069 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357433 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sierra Leone K001357398 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Liberia K001357419 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Guinea-Bissau K001357376 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sierra Leone K001357385 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Togo K001357412 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357424 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357431 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Mali K001357380 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Cameroon K000087361 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sierra Leone K001357406 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Cameroon K001359063 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Cote d'Ivoire K001357423 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Guinea K000437653 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Liberia K001357415 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Gabon K001359072 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357434 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Guinea K001357383 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Liberia K001357416 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sierra Leone K001357400 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357428 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Guinea-Bissau K001357377 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sierra Leone K001357408 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Liberia K001357418 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Guinea K000338239 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sierra Leone K001357386 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Guinea-Bissau K001357374 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ghana K001357420 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Central African Republic K001359073 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sierra Leone K001357397 Yes
Jongkind, C.; Diabate, M.; Bilivogui, D. [11538] Guinea K001560713 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Guinea-Bissau K001357375 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Liberia K001357413 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Gabon K001359071 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357426 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001359074 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Mali K001357379 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sierra Leone K001357405 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Senegal K001357371 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sierra Leone K001357389 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001360087 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sierra Leone K001357410 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Congo, Republic of the K001359068 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sierra Leone K001357391 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Cameroon K001359061 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001360086 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Cameroon K001359057 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Cameroon K001359054 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Cameroon K001359055 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Guinea-Bissau K001357372 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Guinea K000615305 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sierra Leone K001357393 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Cameroon K000087368 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Equatorial Guinea K001359065 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357425 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Liberia K001357414 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sierra Leone K001357401 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Cameroon K001359064 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ghana K001357421 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357432 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sierra Leone K001357404 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Cameroon K001359062 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Cameroon K001359060 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sierra Leone K001357392 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Cameroon K001359056 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sierra Leone K001357407 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Mali K001357381 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001360089 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Guinea K001357384 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sierra Leone K001357403 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sierra Leone K001357394 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357430 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Equatorial Guinea K001359066 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Congo, Republic of the K001359067 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Cameroon K001359059 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Cameroon K000338573 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Guinea K000436101 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sierra Leone K001357387 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sierra Leone K001357409 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357429 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sierra Leone K001357632 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sierra Leone K001357396 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Liberia K001357417 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Guinea K000436192 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Guinea K000437808 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357427 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Congo, Republic of the K001359070 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sierra Leone K001357399 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sierra Leone K001357390 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sierra Leone K001357402 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Guinea K001357382 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001360088 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Equatorial Guinea K001357411 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Cameroon K001359058 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Guinea-Bissau K001357373 Yes
Ujor, E.U. [FHI 29972] Cameroon K000087360 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Guinea-Bissau K001357378 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Cote d'Ivoire K001357422 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001360090 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sierra Leone K001357395 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sierra Leone K001357388 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Angola K001363110 Yes
Apr 1, 2002 Mackinder, B. [136] Cameroon Vigna desmodioides K000027476 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Congo, Republic of the Vigna desmodioides K001359051 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Cameroon Vigna desmodioides K001359050 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria Vigna desmodioides K001357370 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda Vigna desmodioides K001360084 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Congo, Republic of the Vigna desmodioides K001359052 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Sierra Leone Vigna desmodioides K001357369 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda Vigna desmodioides K001360085 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Liberia Vigna multiflora K001357339 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Liberia Vigna multiflora K001357348 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria Vigna multiflora K001357356 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria Vigna multiflora K001357355 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Central African Republic Vigna multiflora K001359043 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria Vigna multiflora K001357363 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Cameroon Vigna multiflora K001359035 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ghana Vigna multiflora K001357354 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Cameroon Vigna multiflora K001359041 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Liberia Vigna multiflora K001357346 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ghana Vigna multiflora K001357351 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda Vigna multiflora K001360083 Yes
Vigna multiflora K000263363 Type Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Equatorial Guinea Vigna multiflora K001357366 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Equatorial Guinea Vigna multiflora K001357367 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Central African Republic Vigna multiflora K001359045 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Gambia, The Vigna multiflora K001357331 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria Vigna multiflora K001357359 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Congo, Republic of the Vigna multiflora K000023936 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Congo, Republic of the Vigna multiflora K001359048 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sierra Leone Vigna multiflora K001357335 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Cameroon Vigna multiflora K001359039 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria Vigna multiflora K001357364 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Cameroon Vigna multiflora K001359036 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Gabon Vigna multiflora K001359046 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda Vigna multiflora K001360081 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Cameroon Vigna multiflora K001359034 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Liberia Vigna multiflora K001357347 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Liberia Vigna multiflora K001357342 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria Vigna multiflora K001357357 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Liberia Vigna multiflora K001357340 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sierra Leone Vigna multiflora K001357336 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Liberia Vigna multiflora K001357344 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda Vigna multiflora K001360082 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Cameroon Vigna multiflora K001359038 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Liberia Vigna multiflora K001357338 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sierra Leone Vigna multiflora K001357334 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Liberia Vigna multiflora K001357343 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Guinea-Bissau Vigna multiflora K001357333 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ghana Vigna multiflora K001357352 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Equatorial Guinea Vigna multiflora K001357368 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria Vigna multiflora K001357358 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ghana Vigna multiflora K001357353 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria Vigna multiflora K001357361 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Central African Republic Vigna multiflora K001359044 Yes
Vogel [s.n.] Niger Vigna multiflora K000263364 Unknown Type Material Yes
illegible [245] Vigna multiflora K000263362 Type Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Congo, Republic of the Vigna multiflora K001359049 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Liberia Vigna multiflora K001357345 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Cameroon Vigna multiflora K001359040 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Liberia Vigna multiflora K001357349 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria Vigna multiflora K001357362 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Liberia Vigna multiflora K001357341 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda Vigna multiflora K001360080 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Congo, Republic of the Vigna multiflora K001359047 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Cameroon Vigna multiflora K001359042 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria Vigna multiflora K001357360 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Cote d'Ivoire Vigna multiflora K001357350 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sierra Leone Vigna multiflora K001357337 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Cameroon Vigna multiflora K001359037 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Guinea-Bissau Vigna multiflora K001357332 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Equatorial Guinea Vigna multiflora K001357365 Yes

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