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  1. Family: Fabaceae Lindl.
    1. Genus: Lupinus L.

      1. Lupinus ehrenbergii Schltdl.

        This species is accepted, and its native range is Mexico to Honduras.

    [FTEA]

    Leguminosae, J. B. Gillett, R. M. Polhill & B. Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1971

    Habit
    Erect annual or short-lived perennial, up to 1 m. tall.
    Stem
    Stem villous with very long spreading hairs over a denser pubescence.
    Leaves
    Leaves 7–9-foliolate; leaflets oblanceolate-cuneate to narrowly oblong-elliptic, up to 25–70 mm. long, 5–15 mm. wide, pointed or rounded at the apex, usually pilose on both surfaces; petiole 7–16 cm. long.
    Stipules
    Stipules with the free part linear-subulate, 10–30 mm. long.
    Inflorescences
    Racemes up to 15–50 cm. long, with many ± verticillate flowers; bracts linear-caudate to lanceolate-caudate, up to 20 mm. long; pedicels 3–6 mm. long.
    Calyx
    Calyx (8–)10–12 mm. long, tomentose; upper lip bifid; lower lobe entire to minutely 3-fid.
    Corolla
    Standard suborbicular, mostly blue or pink, glabrous; wings ± as long as the keel; keel narrowly beaked, 12–14 mm. long.
    Fruits
    Pod narrowly oblong, with a small straight beak, 25–40 mm. long, 5–8 mm. wide, villous, with rather thin valves impressed between the 3–6 rather small seeds.
    Habitat
    Near rivers, roadsides and in waste places; 1650–1800 m.
    Distribution
    locally naturalized, originally from Central America T7

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    Distribution

    Native to:

    Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest

    Introduced into:

    Malawi, New Guinea, Tanzania

    Lupinus ehrenbergii Schltdl. appears in other Kew resources:

    Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
    Hinton, G.B. [8994], Mexico K000119221
    Hinton, G.B. [8965], Mexico K000119222
    Hinton, G.B. [8321], Mexico K000119223
    Hinton, G.B. [8289], Mexico K000119224
    Hinton, G.B. [8268], Mexico K000119225
    Hinton, G.B. [8269], Mexico K000119216
    Hinton, G.B. [15403], Mexico K000119217
    Hinton, G.B. [9023], Mexico K000119218
    Hinton, G.B. [13450], Mexico K000119219
    Hinton, G.B. [8960], Mexico K000119220
    Hinton, G.B. [8318], Mexico K000119226
    Hinton, G.B. [8270], Mexico K000119227
    Hinton, G.B. [8302], Mexico K000119228
    Hinton, G.B. [8261], Mexico K000119229
    Hinton, G.B. [8316], Mexico K000119230
    Hinton, G.B. [8303], Mexico K000119231
    Hartweg, T. [281], Mexico K001294515
    Hartweg, T. [s.n.], Mexico K001294514
    Hartweg, T. [281], Mexico K001294517
    Pringle [8996], Mexico K000081968 isotype
    Coulter, T. [569], Mexico K001294516

    First published in Linnaea 12: 334 (1838)

    Accepted by

    • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
    • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-list: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
    • Standley, P.C. & Steyermark, J.A. (1946). Flora of Guatemala Fieldiana Botany New Series 24(5): 1-502. Field Museum of Natural History.

    Literature

    Kew Backbone Distributions
    • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.
    • 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.
    • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
    • Lock, J.M. & Ford, C.S. (2004). Legumes of Malesia a Check-List: 1-295. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
    • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-list: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
    • Standley, P.C. & Steyermark, J.A. (1946). Flora of Guatemala Fieldiana Botany New Series 24(5): 1-502. Field Museum of Natural History.
    Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • C. P. Smith, Sp. Lupin.: 43 (1938).
    • Schlecht. in Linnaea 12: 33 (1838).

    Sources

    Flora of Tropical East Africa
    Flora of Tropical East Africa
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    Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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    Kew Backbone Distributions
    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2019. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

    Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2019. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0