Fabaceae
Vigna

Vigna phoenix Brummitt

First published in Kew Bull. 31: 168 (1976)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tanzania to Zambia. It grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: low confidence
[AERP]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Zambezian grassland, Afromontane grassland
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Climbing, Herb
[ILDIS]

Leguminosae, B. Mackinder, R. Pasquet, R. Polhill and B. Verdcourt. Flora Zambesiaca 3:5. 2001

Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seed c. 2 × 1.5–2 mm; hilum c. 0.5 mm long, central; aril not developed.
Morphology General Habit
Pyrophytic perennial.
Morphology Stem
Stem pubescent, up to 30 cm high, emerging from an elongate carrot-shaped woody rootstock 3–10 mm thick.
Morphology Leaves Leaflets
Leaflets 3, 3–7 cm long, 2–2.5 cm wide, ± pointed at the apex, cuneate at the base, with a spreading indumentum; tertiary venation closely parallel; petiole 4.5–5.5 cm long; rhachis 0.6–0.8 cm long; stipules 7–18 × 2.5–5.5 mm, slightly bilobed at the base, multinerved.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Peduncle 4–13 cm × 0.5–0.8 mm, pubescent; rhachis 0.5–1.5 cm long, 2–6-noded, internodes 2–4 mm long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flower pink to purple, 13–18 × 14–20 mm; pedicel 0.5–2.5 mm long, not expanding as the pod matures; bracteoles 1.5–3 × 0.5–1 mm, ovate, 3–4-nerved.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx pubescent; tube c. 3 mm long; lobes 2.5–5 mm long, the upper pair joined for half of their length, the lower equally long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Standard with 2 parallel widely spaced appendages; keel without a beak, slightly twisted towards the left.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
Ovary 12–15-ovuled.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod 20–40 × 2–3 mm, linear-cylindrical, pubescent, with a curved beak.
[FZ]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • 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