Fabaceae
Aeschynomene

Aeschynomene pulchella Planch. ex Baker

First published in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 2: 149 (1871)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Burkina, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Mali, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

Kew's Tree of Life Explorer

Discover the flowering plant tree of life and the genomic data used to build it.

View the Tree of Life
PAFTOL

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Catarino, L., Martins, E.S., Diniz, M.A. & Pinto-Basto, M.F. (2006). Check-list da flora vascular do parque natural das Lagos de Cufada (Guiné-Bissau). Garcia de Orta, Série de Botânica 17: 97-141.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Bak. f. Leg. Trop. Afr. 2: 292.
  • Chev. Bot. 186
  • in F.T.A. 2: 149 (1871)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 25, 1966 Gledhill, D. [414] Sierra Leone K000385601 No
Apr 14, 1966 Morton, J.K. [2698] Sierra Leone K000385600 No
Apr 14, 1966 Gledhill, D. [254] Sierra Leone K000385599 No
Jan 1, 1965 Morton; Gledhill, D. [1090] Sierra Leone K000385598 No
Jaeger, P. [3856] Guinea K000385593 No
Kirk [s.n.] Malawi K000417967 Type Yes
Glanville, R.R. [173] Sierra Leone K000385597 No
Thomas, N.W. [694] Sierra Leone K000385595 No
Heudelot [739] Guinea K000418017 Unknown Type Material Yes
Heudelot [739] Guinea K000418019 Unknown Type Material Yes
Heudelot [739] Guinea K000418018 Type Yes
Chevalier, A.J.B. [332] Mali K000385590 No
Hepper, F.N. [2634] Sierra Leone K000385602 No
Schlechter, R. [12958] Togo K000385605 No
Chevalier, A.J.B. [21056] Guinea K000385591 No
Scott Elliot, G.F. [4131] Sierra Leone K000385616 No
Lock, J.M. [52] Togo K000385606 No
Santo, E. [2790] Guinea K000385588 No
Santo, E. [2457] Guinea-Bissau K000385589 No
Hall; Lock, J.M. [44834] Ghana K000385604 No
Laferrere, M. [26] Mali K000385594 No
Pobéguin, M. [947] Guinea K000385592 No
Aké Assi, L. [7123] Cote d'Ivoire K000385603 No
Scott Elliot, G.F. [5713] Sierra Leone K000385596 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • 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/

  • 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 Backbone Distributions

    • 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

  • 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