Fabaceae
Dolichos

Dolichos simplicifolius Hook.f.

First published in Bot. Mag. 119: t. 7318 (1893)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tanzania to S. Tropical Africa. It is a perennial or tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Govaerts, R. (2000). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS D: 1-30141.
  • 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.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Mackinder, B., Pasquet, R., Polhill, R. & Verdcourt, B. (2001). Flora Zambesiaca 3(5): 1-261. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Bak. f., Leguminosae of Tropical Africa: 437 (1929).
  • Hook. f. in Bot. Mag., t. 7318 (1893).

International Legume Database and Information Service

  • Gillett, J. B. et al. (1971). Papilionoideae. In: Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Milne-Redhead & Polhill

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Mar 22, 2002 Mutimushi, J.M. [2826] Zambia K000071470 Yes
Mar 22, 2002 Cruse, A. [72] Zambia K000071463 Yes
Mar 22, 2002 Fanshawe, D.B. [540] Zambia K000071466 Yes
Mar 22, 2002 Gossweiler, J. [4046] Angola K000071473 Yes
Mar 22, 2002 Hornby, M.G. [1108] Mozambique K000071461 Yes
Mar 22, 2002 Cruse, A.W. [232] Zambia K000071464 Yes
Mar 22, 2002 Hornby, M.G. [1114] Mozambique K000071462 Yes
Mar 22, 2002 Strid, Arne [2478] Zambia K000071471 Yes
Mar 22, 2002 Lawrence, E. [609] Malawi K000071454 Yes
Mar 22, 2002 Jackson, G. [2136] Malawi K000071455 Yes
Mar 22, 2002 Johnson, W.P. [449] Mozambique K000071460 Yes
Mar 22, 2002 Adams, A.N. [32] Malawi K000071457 Yes
Mar 22, 2002 Baum, H. [173] Angola K000071475 Yes
Mar 22, 2002 de Menezes, Azancot [845] Angola K000071474 Yes
Mar 22, 2002 Whyte Malawi K000071453 Yes
Mar 22, 2002 McClounie, J. [91] Malawi K000071458 Yes
Mar 22, 2002 Jackson, G. [2136] Malawi K000071456 Yes
Mar 22, 2002 Wild, H. [4862] Zambia K000071467 Yes
Mar 22, 2002 Fanshawe, D.B. [7159] Zambia K000071469 Yes
Mar 22, 2002 Fanshawe, D.B. [12,107] Zambia K000071472 Yes
Mar 22, 2002 Linley, K. [21] Zambia K000071468 Yes
Mar 22, 2002 Cruse, A.W. [232] Zambia K000071465 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001350661 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Angola K000508878 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001350659 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001350662 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001350656 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001350660 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001350655 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001350664 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001350658 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001350667 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K001350986 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001350657 Yes
unknown [s.n.] K000071459 Type Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001350665 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001350666 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001350663 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • 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

  • 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