Family:
Fabaceae Lindl.
Genus:
Vigna Savi

Vigna filicaulis Hepper

This species is accepted, and its native range is W. Tropical Africa to Chad.

[ILDIS]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Morphology General Habit
Climbing, Herb

[FWTA]

Papilionaceae, Hutchinson and Dalziel. Flora of West Tropical Africa 1:2. 1958

Morphology General Habit
Stems slender and wiry up to 2 ft. long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers yellow
Ecology
In grassland.

Native to:

Benin, Burkina, Chad, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Mali, Senegal, Togo

Vigna filicaulis Hepper appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jun 1, 1998 Madsen, J.E. [5905], Burkina Faso K000239549 Yes
Jun 1, 1998 Madsen, J.E. [6195], Burkina Faso K000239550 Yes
Jan 1, 1966 Morton, J.K. [1459], Ghana K000239551 Yes
Morton, J.K. [9714], Ghana K000263398 holotype Yes
Hall [42161], Ghana K000239553 Yes
Hall, J.B. [3243], Ghana K000239556 Yes
Hall, J.B. [3670], Ghana K000239552 Yes
Morton, J.K. [3771], Ghana K000239555 Yes
Morton, J.K. [9508], Ghana K000239554 Yes
Ern, H. [2630], Togo K000239557 Yes

First published in Kew Bull. 11: 128 (1956)

Accepted by

  • 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.
  • Catarino, L., Martins, E.S., Diniz, M.A. & Pinto-Basto, M.F. (2006). Check-list da flora vascular do parque natural das Lagos de Cufada (Guiné-Bissau) Garcia de Orta, Série de Botânica 17: 97-141.
  • Lebrun, J.-P., Audru, J., Gaston, A. & Mosnier, M. (1972). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Tchad Méridional: 1-289. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Literature

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • in Kew Bull. 1956: 128.

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.
  • 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.
  • Catarino, L., Martins, E.S., Diniz, M.A. & Pinto-Basto, M.F. (2006). Check-list da flora vascular do parque natural das Lagos de Cufada (Guiné-Bissau) Garcia de Orta, Série de Botânica 17: 97-141.
  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.

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  • International Legume Database and Information Service

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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

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