Fabaceae
Nesphostylis

Nesphostylis holosericea (Welw. ex Baker) Verdc.

First published in Kew Bull. 24: 296 (1970)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa. It is a climbing perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Catarino, L., Sampaio Martins, E., Pinto-Basto, M.F. & Diniz, M.A. (2006). Plantas Vasculares e Briófitos da Guiné-Bissau: 1-298. Instituto de investigação científica tropical, Instituto Português de apoio ao desenvolvimento.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Hedberg, I., Friis, I. & Persson, E. (2009). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 1: 1-305. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Lebrun, J.P., Toutain, B., Gaston, A. & Boudet, G. (1991). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Burkina Faso: 1-341. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • 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.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Berhaut, J. (1976). Flore illustrée du Sénégal 5: 1-658. Gouvernement du Sénégal, Ministère du développement rural direction des eaux et forêta, Dakar.
  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(1): 1-85. ORSTROM, Bangui.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Catarino, L., Sampaio Martins, E., Pinto-Basto, M.F. & Diniz, M.A. (2006). Plantas Vasculares e Briófitos da Guiné-Bissau: 1-298. Instituto de investigação científica tropical, Instituto Português de apoio ao desenvolvimento.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Hedberg, I., Friis, I. & Persson, E. (2009). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 1: 1-305. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Lebrun, J.P., Toutain, B., Gaston, A. & Boudet, G. (1991). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Burkina Faso: 1-341. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Mackinder, B., Pasquet, R., Polhill, R. & Verdcourt, B. (2001). Flora Zambesiaca 3(5): 1-261. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Verdc. in Kew Bulletin 24: 296, fig. 3 (1970).

International Legume Database and Information Service

  • Verdcourt, B. (1970). Kew Bull. 24:235-307. Studies in FTEA Leg.-Pap. : II

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
May 1, 1991 Welwitsch [2258] Angola K000263503 Isotype Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001353933 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001353943 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001353947 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ghana K001353922 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001353929 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001353930 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001353926 Yes
Bond, J.S. [137] Tanzania K001275192 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Cote d'Ivoire K001353915 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Cote d'Ivoire K001353914 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Angola K001353950 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001353945 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001353940 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001353942 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001353931 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001353925 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001353938 Yes
Sinsin, B.; Agbani, P.; Adokpo, C. [2957] Benin K001297786 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Burkina Faso K001353918 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Cote d'Ivoire K001353916 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001353927 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001353949 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001353941 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001353932 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001353936 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ghana K001353919 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001353944 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001353935 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001353928 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Burkina Faso K001353917 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Togo K001353924 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ghana K001353923 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001353946 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Angola K001353953 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001353939 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Cote d'Ivoire K001353913 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001353937 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001353948 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Angola K001353952 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Angola K001353954 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ghana K001353921 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001353934 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Angola K001353951 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ghana K001353920 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Flora Zambesiaca

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    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

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

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    • 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