Fabaceae
Mecopus

Mecopus nidulans Benn.

First published in Pl. Jav. Rar.: 154 (1840)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is India, Indo-China, Hainan, S. Malesia. It is a scrambling perennial or subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Cambodia, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Dy Phon, P. (2000). Dictionnaire des plantes utilisées au Cambodge: 1-915. Chez l'auteur, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
  • Kumar, S. & Sane, P.V. (2003). Legumes of South Asia. A Checklist: 1-536. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lock, J.M. & Ford, C.S. (2004). Legumes of Malesia a Check-List: 1-295. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lock, J.M. & Heald, J. (1994). Legumes of Indo-China a check-list: 1-164. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 10: 1-642. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).
  • Zhu, X.Y., Zhang, R.P. & He, Y.L. (eds.) (2021). An inventory of legume species diversity of Myanmar: 1-297. China Minzu university press.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Dy Phon, P. (2000). Dictionnaire des plantes utilisées au Cambodge: 1-915. Chez l'auteur, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
  • Kumar, S. & Sane, P.V. (2003). Legumes of South Asia. A Checklist: 1-536. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lock, J.M. & Ford, C.S. (2004). Legumes of Malesia a Check-List: 1-295. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lock, J.M. & Heald, J. (1994). Legumes of Indo-China a check-list: 1-164. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 10: 1-642. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).

International Legume Database and Information Service

  • Backer, C. A. (1963). Flora of Java. Groningen, The Netherlands
  • Nguyen, T. et al (1987). Flore du Cambodge, Laos, Vietnam 23. Mus. Nat. d'Hist. Nat. L. Ph
  • Thuan, N. et al. (1987). In: Flore du Cambodge, du Laos et du Vietnam, Vol. 23. P.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 1, 1994 Chantaranothai, P.; Parnell, J. [755] Thailand K000627934 Yes
Jan 25, 1917 Pierre, L. [5814] Vietnam K000627935 Yes
Jan 1, 1913 Bremekamp [8297] Indonesia K000627929 Yes
Chow, K.S. [78252] China K000627938 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [3094] Thailand K000627930 Yes
Horsfield, T. [105] Indonesia K000627926 Type Yes
Harmand [1217] Laos K000627937 Yes
Griffith [11191] Bangladesh K000627922 Yes
Lace, J.H. [4525] Burma K000627924 Yes
Thorel [614] Vietnam K000627936 Yes
Brandis, D. [s.n.] Burma K000627923 Yes
Zollinger, H. [2159] Indonesia K000627928 Yes
Lau, S.K. [592] China K000627940 Yes
Kuswata [216] Indonesia K000627927 Yes
Helfer [s.n.] Burma K000627921 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [20589] Thailand K000627931 Yes
Charoenphol, C.; Larsen, K.; Warncke, E. [4903] Thailand K000627933 Yes
Put [2196] Thailand K000627932 Yes
Horsfield, T. [105] Indonesia K000627925 Type Yes
Mc Lelland [s.n.] Burma K000627920 Yes
Liang, H.Y. [66321] China K000627939 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5678] Burma Uraria retrofracta K001121704 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 5678] Burma Uraria retrofracta K001121705 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • 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 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