Vigna macrorhyncha (Harms) Milne-Redh.

First published in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1936: 473 (1936)
This name is a synonym of Wajira grahamiana

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in synonymising this name:

  • 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 Wajira grahamiana.]
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (2006). Flora of Somalia 3: 1-626. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Wajira grahamiana.]

This name was accepted following an alternative taxonomy by these authorities:

  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Vigna macrorhyncha.]
  • Mackinder, B., Pasquet, R., Polhill, R. & Verdcourt, B. (2001). Flora Zambesiaca 3(5): 1-261. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Vigna macrorhyncha.]
  • Troupin, G. (ed.) (1983). Flora du Rwanda 2: 1-603. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale. [Cited as Vigna macrorrhyncha.]

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • in Kew Bull. 1936: 473.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • E. Lind & A. Tallantire, Some Common Flowering Plants of Uganda p. 90 (1962).
  • Milne-Redh. in Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Kew 1936: 473 (1936), as “ macrorrhyncha ”.
  • Robyns, Flore des Spermatophytes du Parc National Albert 1: 359 (1948).
  • Verdc. in Kew Bulletin 24: 562 (1970).

International Legume Database and Information Service

  • Gillett, J. B. et al. (1971). Papilionoideae. In: Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Milne-Redhead & Polhill

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • 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/
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