Fabaceae
Vigna
Vigna oblongifolia

Vigna oblongifolia var. oblongifolia

This variety is accepted
The native range of this variety is Tropical & S. Africa. It is a climbing annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

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.

Publications used to compile the distribution and map:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(1): 1-85. ORSTROM, Bangui.
  • Brundu, G. & Camarda, I. (2013). The Flora of Chad: a checklist and brief analysis. PhytoKeys 23: 1-18.
  • 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.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania 30: 1-307.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Mackinder, B., Pasquet, R., Polhill, R. & Verdcourt, B. (2001). Flora Zambesiaca 3(5): 1-261. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • van der Maesen, L.J.G. & Sosef, M.S.M. (2016). Flore du Gabon 49: 1-407. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
s.coll. [s.n.] Zambia K001363020 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K001363040 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K001363041 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K001363036 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zambia K001363027 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359514 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zambia K001363024 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zambia K001363019 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zambia K001363022 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K001363037 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zambia K001363030 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zambia K001363021 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zambia K001363032 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K001363039 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zambia K001363031 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zambia K001363033 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zambia K001363028 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K001363045 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K001363044 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zambia K001363023 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zambia K001363029 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zambia K001363026 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K001363035 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K001363043 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K001363038 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K001363042 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K001363034 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zambia K001363025 Yes

Sources

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical 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/

  • 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