Fabaceae
Vigna

Vigna nigritia Hook.f.

First published in W.J.Hooker, Niger Fl.: 310 (1849)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. & W. Central Tropical Africa. It is a climbing annual and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Benin, Burkina, Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, Zaïre

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.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • van der Maesen, L.J.G. & Sosef, M.S.M. (2016). Flore du Gabon 49: 1-407. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Wilczek in Fl. Congo Belge 6: 358, fig. 18A.
  • in Fl. Nigrit. 310 (1849)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2020). https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.8.e54205. epublication.
  • 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.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • van der Maesen, L.J.G. & Sosef, M.S.M. (2016). Flore du Gabon 49: 1-407. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.

International Legume Database and Information Service

  • Hepper, F. N. (1958). Papilionoideae. In: Flora West Tropical Africa. Keay, R. W. J.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1960 Gossweiler, J. [9155] Angola K000263448 Type Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357626 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Cameroon K001359236 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ghana K001357624 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Congo, Republic of the K001359232 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Togo K001357620 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sierra Leone K000024088 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Cote d'Ivoire K001357612 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Congo, Republic of the K001359229 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ghana K001357617 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Congo, Republic of the K001359228 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ghana K001357615 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ghana K001357618 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Congo, Republic of the K001359230 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Cameroon K001359233 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Congo, Republic of the K001359231 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Congo, Republic of the K001359227 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Togo K001357623 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Togo K001357622 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ghana K001357616 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ghana K001357613 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ghana K001357619 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Cameroon K001359235 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Togo K001357621 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ghana K001357614 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Liberia K001357609 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Guinea K000615307 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sierra Leone K001357608 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357625 Yes
Luorna (?) Nigeria K000263383 Type Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Guinea-Bissau K001357627 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Cameroon K001359234 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical 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/

  • 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