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

      1. Lupinus pubescens Benth.

        This species is accepted, and its native range is NW. Venezuela to W. Bolivia.

    [CPLC]

    Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

    Distribution
    Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 2500 - 3575 m.; Andes.
    Habit
    Hierba
    Conservation
    No Evaluada
    [FTEA]

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

    Habit
    Erect rather bushy annual or short-lived perennial, up to 1 m. or so.
    Stem
    Stem finely pubescent, usually with crisped and spreading hairs.
    Leaves
    Leaves 7–9-foliolate; leaflets oblanceolate-cuneate to narrowly oblong-elliptic, 30–50 mm. long, 5–12 mm. wide, bluntly pointed, pubescent on both surfaces; petiole 35–80 mm. long.
    Stipules
    Stipules linear-subulate, 3–8 mm. long.
    Inflorescences
    Racemes 10–35 cm. long, with many ± verticillate flowers; bracts lanceolate-caudate to narrowly elliptic-acuminate, 6–8 mm. long; pedicels 2–4 mm. long.
    Calyx
    Calyx 7–9 mm. long, tomentose; upper lip bifid; lower lip almost entire to minutely 3-fid.
    Corolla
    Standard suborbicular, white or blue-purple with a white pink-marked median zone, glabrous except sometimes for a few hairs apically outside; wings exceeding keel; keel abruptly rounded, produced into a sharp beak, 10–12 mm. long.
    Fruits
    Pod oblong, shortly beaked, 3·5–4 cm. long, 1–1·3 cm. wide, densely pilose, with fairly thin valves impressed between the 4–6 seeds.
    Seeds
    Seeds oblong-elliptic, more curved along the chalaza side, 6× 4× 2 mm., smooth, pale brown mottled darker and with a dark line on either side.
    Habitat
    Upland grassland; 2400 m
    Distribution
    E. Congo, locally naturalized, originally from South America U2
    [ILDIS]

    International Legume Database and Information Service

    Conservation
    Not Threatened
    Ecology
    Africa: Afromontane grassland
    Habit
    Annual, Not climbing, Herb
    [ILDIS]

    International Legume Database and Information Service

    Conservation
    Insufficiently known
    Habit
    Annual, Not climbing, Herb

    Distribution

    Native to:

    Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela

    Introduced into:

    Rwanda, Uganda, Zaïre

    Lupinus pubescens Benth. appears in other Kew resources:

    First published in Pl. Hartw.: 169 (1845)

    Accepted by

    • Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. Missouri Botanical Garden.
    • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
    • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánes, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador: 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
    • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-list: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
    • Troupin, G. (ed.) (1983). Flora du Rwanda 2: 1-603. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.

    Literature

    Kew Backbone Distributions
    • Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. Missouri Botanical Garden.
    • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
    • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánes, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador: 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
    • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-list: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
    • Troupin, G. (ed.) (1983). Flora du Rwanda 2: 1-603. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.
    Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • C. P. Smith, Sp. Lupin.: 172 (1940).
    • Benth., Pl. Hartw.: 169 (1845).
    International Legume Database and Information Service
    • Gillett, J. B. et al. (1971). Papilionoideae. In: Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Milne-Redhead & Polhill

    Sources

    Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

    Flora of Tropical East Africa
    Flora of Tropical East Africa
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/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 Selected Plant Families 2020. 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 2020. 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