Fabaceae
Vigna
Vigna membranacea

Vigna membranacea subsp. membranacea

This subspecies is accepted
The native range of this subspecies is Eritrea to Tanzania, SW. Arabian Peninsula. It is a climbing annual or perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zaïre

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.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Audru, J., Cesar, J. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1994). Les Plantes Vasculaires de la République de Djibouti. Flore Illustrée 1: 1-336. CIRAD, Départerment d'Elevage et de Médecine vétérinaire, Djibouti.
  • 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.
  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001357949 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001357944 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001357945 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001360323 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001357946 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001357950 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001357948 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001357952 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001357953 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001357956 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001360325 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001357942 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001357955 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001357943 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001360324 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001357954 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001360322 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001360326 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001357951 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001357947 Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew 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