Fabaceae
Grona

Grona adscendens (Sw.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi

First published in J. Jap. Bot. 93: 108 (2018)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Mexico to Tropical America, Tropical & S. Africa, W. Indian Ocean. It is an annual, perennial or subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used as animal food and a medicine, has environmental uses and social uses and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Argentina Northeast, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, French Guiana, Gabon, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Leeward Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Rodrigues, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Venezuela, Windward Is., Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Borneo, Central American Pac, Cook Is., Fiji, India, Jawa, Malaya, Myanmar, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Philippines, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Thailand, Vanuatu

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Caminho, J., Mutemba, L., Matusse, E., Osborne, J., Wursten, B., Burrows, J., Cianciullo, S., Malatesta, L. & Attorre, F. (2022). An updated checklist of Mozambique’s vascular plants. PhytoKeys 189: 61-80.
  • 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.
  • Plunkett, G.M., Ranker, T.A., Sam, C. & Balick, M.J. (2022). Towards a checklist of the vascular flora of Vanuatu. Candollea 77: 105-118.
  • Zhu, X.Y., Zhang, R.P. & He, Y.L. (eds.) (2021). An inventory of legume species diversity of Myanmar: 1-297. China Minzu university press.

Publications used to compile the distribution and map:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Balick, M.J., Nee, M.H. & Atha, D.E. (2000). Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Belize with Common Names an Uses: 1-246. New York Botanic Garden Press, New York.
  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • D'Arcy, W.G. (1987). Flora of Panama. Checklist and Index.. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 17: 1-328. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • 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.
  • Du Puy, D.J., Labat, N.-N., Rabevohitra, R., Villiers, J.-F., Bosser, J. & Moat, J. (2002). The Leguminosae of Madagascar: 1-737. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Forzza, R.C., Zappi, D. & Souza, V.C. (2016-continuously updated). Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção http://reflora.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/listaBrasil/ConsultaPublicaUC/ResultadoDaConsultaNovaConsulta.do.
  • Garcia-Mendoza, A.J. & Meave, J.A. (eds.) (2012). Diversidad florística de Oaxaca: de musgos a angiospermas (colecciones y listas de especies), ed. 2: 1-351. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Guillaumin, A. (1948). Compendium de la Flore Phanérogamique des Nouvelles Hébrides. Annales de l'Institut Botanico-Geologique de Marseille, VI, 5-6: 1-56.
  • Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánes, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador: 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Kumar, S. & Sane, P.V. (2003). Legumes of South Asia. A Checklist: 1-536. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lock, J.M. & Ford, C.S. (2004). Legumes of Malesia a Check-List: 1-295. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lock, J.M. & Heald, J. (1994). Legumes of Indo-China a check-list: 1-164. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • MacKee, H.S. (1994). Catalogue des plantes introduites et cultivées en Nouvelle-Calédonie, ed. 2: 1-164. Museum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris.
  • Monro, A.K., González, F., Santamaría, D., Chacón, O., Rodríguez, A., Solano, D. Zamora, N. & Correa, M. (2011). A first checklist to the vascular plants of La Amistad International Park (PILA), Costa Rica-Panama. Phytotaxa 322: 1-283.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Polhill, R.M. (1990). Flore des Mascareignes 80: 1-235. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Standley, P.C. & Steyermark, J.A. (1946). Flora of Guatemala. Fieldiana Botany New Series 24(5): 1-502. Field Museum of Natural History.
  • Stevens, W.D., Ulloa U., C., Pool, A. & Montiel, O.M. (2001). Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i-xlii, 1-2666. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Sykes, W.R. (2016). Flora of the Cook Islands: 1-973. National Tropical Botanical Garden, Hawaii.
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.
  • Trusty, J.L., Kesler, H.C. & Delgado, G.H. (2006). Vascular flora of Isla del Coco, Costa Rica. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, ser. 4, 57: 247-355.
  • Verdcourt, B. (2000). Flora Zambesiaca 3(6): 1-175. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.
  • Zhu, X.Y., Zhang, R.P. & He, Y.L. (eds.) (2021). An inventory of legume species diversity of Myanmar: 1-297. China Minzu university press.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (2019). Lista de especies vedadas por la resolución 213 de 1977. 8256 especies. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=le_plantaspriorizadas_2019
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt. (2014). Plantas alimenticias y medicinales nativas de Colombia. 2567 registros, aportados por: Castellanos, C. (Contacto del recurso), Valderrama, N. (Creador del recurso, Autor), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
May 1, 2010 Weiss; Schmidt [s.n.] Brazil Desmodium adscendens K000931394 Yes
May 1, 2010 Ule, E. [9451] Brazil Desmodium adscendens K000931393 Yes
Jan 1, 2010 Usteri, P.A. [54b] Brazil Desmodium adscendens K000931396 Yes
Jan 1, 2010 Usteri, P.A. [53b] Brazil Desmodium adscendens K000931397 Yes
Jan 1, 2010 Usteri [47] Brazil Desmodium adscendens K000931399 Yes
Jan 1, 2010 Pohl [s.n.] Brazil Desmodium adscendens K000931392 Yes
Jul 1, 2008 Tchiengue, B. [2062] Cameroon Desmodium adscendens K000437011 No
Dec 1, 2005 Harvey, Y.B. [106] Cameroon Desmodium adscendens K000338944 No
Oct 1, 2005 Darbyshire, I. [221] Cameroon Desmodium adscendens K000338249 No
Oct 1, 2005 Tadjouteu, F. [633] Cameroon Desmodium adscendens K000338250 No
Jul 1, 2001 Cheek, M. [8086] Cameroon Desmodium adscendens K000108302 Yes
Jan 1, 2001 Ferreira, G.C.; Cordeiro, M.R. [575] Brazil Desmodium adscendens K000931418 Yes
Oct 1, 2000 Etuge, M. [1961] Cameroon Desmodium adscendens K000107504 Yes
Oct 1, 2000 Cable, S. [2445] Cameroon Desmodium adscendens K000107502 Yes
Oct 1, 2000 Cable, S. [2825] Cameroon Desmodium adscendens K000107503 Yes
Oct 1, 2000 Etuge, M. [1691] Cameroon Desmodium adscendens K000107501 Yes
Oct 1, 2000 Cable, S. [3671] Cameroon Desmodium adscendens K000051349 Yes
Jan 1, 1998 Watts, J. [1045] Cameroon Desmodium adscendens K000011936 No
Jan 1, 1998 Acworth, J.M. [197] Cameroon Desmodium adscendens K000011935 No
Jan 1, 1996 Thomas, D.W. [9915] Cameroon Desmodium adscendens K000086015 No
Jan 1, 1996 Cable, S. [209] Cameroon Desmodium adscendens K000436589 No
Jan 1, 1996 Ndam, N. [803] Cameroon Desmodium adscendens K000086016 No
Sep 1, 1995 Costa, M.A.S. [119] Brazil Desmodium adscendens K000931420 Yes
Jan 1, 1994 Queiroz, L.P.; Nascimento, N.S. [3808] Brazil Desmodium adscendens K000206432 Yes
Jan 1, 1991 Prance, G.T.; Beck, H.; Cardoso, J. [30348] Brazil Desmodium adscendens K000931417 Yes
Aug 2, 1989 Leoni, L.S.; Leoni, A.M. [655] Brazil Desmodium adscendens K000931415 Yes
Jan 1, 1989 Prance, G.T.; Coelho, D.F.; Ramos, J.T.; Farias, L.G. [7707] Brazil Desmodium adscendens K000931403 Yes
Aug 24, 1987 Coradin, L.; Silva, G.P.; Costa, N.M.S.; Schultze-Kraft, R. [8226] Brazil Desmodium adscendens K000931416 Yes
Aug 22, 1987 Lewis, G.P. [1452] Brazil Desmodium adscendens K000931413 Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Hopkins, M.J.G.; Rodrigues, K.F.; Silva, E.S.; Silva, R.P.; Oliveira, J.G.; Lowy, B. [785] Brazil Desmodium adscendens K000931412 Yes
Jan 1, 1983 Hage, J.L.; Santos, E.B.; Argolo, C.L.R. [1378] Brazil Desmodium adscendens K000205981 Yes
Mar 1, 1982 Lewis, G.P.; Carvalho, A.M. [740] Brazil Desmodium adscendens K000205978 Yes
Jul 1, 1980 Scardino; Noblik; Paranhos; Queiroz, C.; Paganucci; Nascimento; Sueli, N.; Guagila [140] Brazil Desmodium adscendens K000205977 Yes
Sep 24, 1979 Coradin, L.; Neves, M.P.H.; Silva, G.P. [2281] Brazil Desmodium adscendens K000931414 Yes
Apr 1, 1979 Brunt, M.A. [365 a] Cameroon Desmodium adscendens K000008508 No
Jan 1, 1973 Thwaites [3327] Sri Lanka Desmodium adscendens K000858773 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1972 Mass, P.J.M.; Kubitzki, K.; Steward, W.C.; Ramos, J.F.; Pinheiro, W.S.; Lima, J.F. [P12684] Brazil Desmodium adscendens K000931419 Yes
Jan 1, 1971 Lanna; Castellanos, A. [841] Brazil Desmodium adscendens K000931411 Yes
Jan 1, 1968 Prance, G.T.; Pena, B.S.; Ramos, J.F.; Videcki, E.R., Jr [2577] Brazil Desmodium adscendens K000931404 Yes
Feb 20, 1966 Lindeman, J.C.; Haas, J.H. [514] Brazil Desmodium adscendens K000931402 Yes
Jan 1, 1966 Mimura, I. [298] Brazil Desmodium adscendens K000931400 Yes
Jan 1, 1913 Dusén, P. [9496] Brazil Desmodium adscendens K000931401 Yes
Rosevear, D., R. [46/37] Cameroon Desmodium adscendens K000087015 No
Olorunfemi, J. [30512] Cameroon Desmodium adscendens K000087017 No
Usteri, P.A. [103b] Brazil Desmodium adscendens K000931398 Yes
Burchell [2191] Brazil Desmodium adscendens K000931407 Yes
Sellow, F. [s.n.] Brazil Desmodium adscendens K000205980 Yes
Isabelle [s.n.] Brazil Desmodium adscendens K000931421 Yes
Chuml, H. [185] Cameroon Desmodium adscendens K000087014 No
Olorunfemi, J. [30512] Cameroon Desmodium adscendens K000087016 No
Coradin, L.; Schultze-Kraft, R.; Silva, G.P. [2895] Brazil Desmodium adscendens K000206677 Yes
Burchell [886] Brazil Desmodium adscendens K000931410 Yes
Fiebrig, K. [2274] Bolivia Desmodium adscendens K000555882 Type Yes
Ghesquiere [4994] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Desmodium adscendens K000418267 Holotype Yes
Martius [1119] Brazil Desmodium adscendens K000931390 Yes
Kirk, J. [s.n.] Mozambique Desmodium adscendens K000555875 Type Yes
Dawkins, H.C. [559] Uganda Desmodium adscendens K:SPC-11461.000 No
Migeod, F. [112] Cameroon Desmodium adscendens K000087019 No
Sellow [s.n.] Brazil Desmodium adscendens K000328092 Unknown Type Material Yes
Burchell [1285] Brazil Desmodium adscendens K000931408 Yes
Pedersen, T.M. [8979] Brazil Desmodium adscendens K000931395 Yes
Kastalsky [926] Brazil Desmodium adscendens K000931405 Yes
Chuml, H. [120] Cameroon Desmodium adscendens K000087020 No
Burchell [1746] Brazil Desmodium adscendens K000931409 Yes
Brazil Desmodium adscendens K000205979 Yes
Jul 1, 2010 Wright, C. [2314] Cuba Desmodium adscendens f. glabrescens K000555837 Type Yes
Jul 1, 2010 Wright, C. [126] Cuba Desmodium adscendens f. glabrescens K000555836 Type Yes
Jul 1, 2010 Wright, C. [126] Cuba Desmodium adscendens f. glabrescens K000555834 Syntype Yes
s. coll. [s.n.] Cuba Desmodium adscendens f. glabrescens K000555835 Unknown Type Material Yes
Toepffer, A. [42] Cuba Desmodium adscendens f. glabrescens K000555838 Unknown Type Material Yes

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