Fabaceae
Mucuna

Mucuna mooneyi T.M.Moura, Gereau & G.P.Lewis

First published in Kew Bull. 70(3)-32: 1 (2015)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Ethiopia. It grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Ethiopia

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Kew Bulletin

  • Du Puy, D. J. & Labat, J.-N. (2002). Subfamily Papilionoideae. Pp. 289 – 714. In: D. J. Du Puy, J.-N. Labat, R. Rabevohitra, J.-F. Villiers, J. Bosser & J. Moat (eds), The Leguminosae of Madagascar. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • IUCN (2012). IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: Version 3.1. 2 nd edition. IUCN Species Survival Commission, Gland and Cambridge.
  • IUCN Standards and Petitions Subcommittee (2014). Guidelines for Using the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria. Version 11. Prepared by the Standards and Petitions Subcommittee.
  • Mesfin Tadesse (1991). Dr. Herbert F. Mooney, Founder of the National Herbarium of Ethiopia (ETH). Taxon 40: 267 – 272.
  • Moura, T. M., Lewis, G. P., Mansano, V. F. & Tozzi, A. M. G. A. (2013a). Three new species of Mucuna (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae: Phaseoleae) from South America. Kew Bull. 68: 143 – 150.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  • Moura, T. M., Mansano, V. F., Gereau, R. & Tozzi, A. M. G. A. (2013b). Mucunajarocha (Leguminosae-Papilionoideae-Phaseoleae), a new species from Mexico. Phytotaxa 89: 43 – 46.
  • Moura, T. M., Mansano, V. F., Torke, B. M., Lewis, G. P. & Tozzi, A. M. G. A. (2013c). A taxonomic revision of Mucuna (Fabaceae: Papilionoideae: Phaseoleae) in Brazil. Syst. Bot. 38: 631 – 637.
  • Schrire, B. D. (2005). Tribe Phaseoleae. Pp. 393 – 431. In: G. Lewis, B. Schrire, B. Mackinder & M. Lock (eds), Legumes of the World. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Thulin, M. (1989). Subfamily 3. Papilionoideae (Faboideae). Pp. 97 – 251. In: I. Hedberg & S. Edwards (eds), Flora of Ethiopia Vol. 3. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University and the Department of Systematic Botany, Uppsala University.
  • Verdcourt, B. (1970). Studies in the Leguminosae-Papilionoideae for ‘Flora of Tropical East Africa’: II. Kew Bull. 24: 235 – 308.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  • Verdcourt, B. (2001). MucunaAdans. Pp. 14 – 24. In: G. V. Pope & R. M. Polhill, Flora Zambesiaca Vol. 3, part 5. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Mooney, H.F. [6117] Ethiopia K001092978 Isotype Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • Kew Bulletin

    • Kew Bulletin
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  • 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