Fabaceae
Vigna

Vigna membranacea A.Rich.

First published in Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 219 (1848)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Eritrea to Tanzania, SW. Arabian Peninsula. It is a climbing annual or perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zaïre

Extinct in:

Socotra

Accepted Infraspecifics

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.
  • Boulos, L. (1999). Flora of Egypt 1: 1-419. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
  • 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.
  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (eds.) (1989 publ. 1990). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 3: 1-659. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Miller, A.G. & Morris, M. (2004). Ethnoflora of Soqotra Archipelago: 1-759. The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Miller, A.G. & Morris, M. (2004). Ethnoflora of Soqotra Archipelago: 1-759. The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.
  • 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]

Seed Collection Guides

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa, Milne-Redhead, E and Polhill, R.M., 1971; http://keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/African_Vigna

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A. Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 219 (1847).
  • Bak. f., Leguminosae of Tropical Africa: 410 (1929).
  • Bak. in Flora of Tropical Africa 2: 197 (1871).
  • Verdc. in Kew Bulletin 24: 534 (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:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1970 Tweedie [940] Kenya K000059078 Yes
Jan 1, 1970 Graham, R.M. [2137] Kenya K000059072 Yes
Jan 1, 1970 Jex-Blake, M. [2276] Kenya K000059073 Yes
Jan 1, 1970 Irwin, P.H. [2069] Kenya K000059084 Yes
Jan 1, 1970 Tweedie [3145] Kenya K000059085 Yes
Jan 1, 1970 Graham, R.M. [2110] Kenya K000059083 Yes
Dec 12, 1936 Schlieben, H.J. [2229] Tanzania K000263440 Type Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001357930 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001357935 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001357927 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Saudi Arabia K001355498 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Burundi K001359117 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001360316 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001360303 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Yemen K001355504 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001357939 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001357929 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Saudi Arabia K001355501 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Burundi K001359118 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001360382 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001357931 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Congo, Republic of the K001359115 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001360315 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sudan K001357940 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001360306 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Saudi Arabia K001355502 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001357932 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001360308 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001360300 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Saudi Arabia K001355507 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001360299 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001357925 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001357928 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Egypt K001355494 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001357938 No
Robertson, S.A. [3347] Kenya K000059076 Yes
Petit [s.n.] Ethiopia K000263412 Type Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001360313 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001360317 Yes
Gillet JB [20324] Kenya K000059079 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001360302 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Saudi Arabia K001355499 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Burundi K001359116 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001360311 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Yemen K001355503 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001357934 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001360310 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sudan K001357941 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001360298 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001360307 Yes
Tweedie [3571] Kenya K000059077 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Saudi Arabia K001355506 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001357936 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001357926 Yes
Schimper [1439] Ethiopia K000263410 Type Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001360312 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Saudi Arabia K001355500 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001360304 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001360301 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001357933 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Saudi Arabia K001355497 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Yemen K001355505 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001360314 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Saudi Arabia K001355495 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Saudi Arabia K001355496 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001357937 Yes
Schimper [352] Ethiopia K000263413 Type Yes
Schimper [352] Ethiopia K000263411 Type Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001360305 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001360309 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001360381 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001360318 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

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East 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/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/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

  • Seed Collection Guides

    • Seed Collection Guides
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/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