Fabaceae

Abrus Adans.

First published in Fam. Pl. 2: 327 (1763)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & Subtropical Old World to SW. Pacific.

Distribution

Native to:

Aldabra, Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Borneo, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, Congo, East Himalaya, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Bahamas, Belize, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Colombia, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Fiji, Florida, French Guiana, Galápagos, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Marianas, Marquesas, Mauritius, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Niue, Panamá, Peru, Pitcairn Is., Puerto Rico, Rodrigues, Réunion, Samoa, Santa Cruz Is., Society Is., Southwest Caribbean, Sumatera, Suriname, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Wallis-Futuna Is., Windward Is.

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —F.T.A. 2: 174.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Breteler in Blumea 10: 607 (1960).
  • Fam. Pl. 2: 327 (1763).
  • Verdcourt in Kew Bull. 24: 235–253 (1970).
  • —Breteler in Blumea 10: 607 (1960).
  • —Verdcourt in Kew Bull. 24: 235–253 (1970).

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
  • Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin, A. S. Hassan & B. T. Styles [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Breteler in Blumea 10: 607 (1960)
  • Fam. Pl. 2: 327 (1763)
  • Verdc. in K.B. 24:235 (1970)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2009 Sasaki, D.; Nascimento, J.; André, T.J.C.; Mortati, A.F.; Piva, J.H. [1610] Brazil K000578784 Yes
Jan 1, 1997 de Aguiar Macedo, J.M. [4781] Mozambique K000384887 Yes
Jul 1, 1965 Sampson, G.T.; Hance, H.F. [15806] China K000898366 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jul 1, 1965 Hance, H.F. [13417] China K000898365 Holotype Yes
Apr 1, 1960 Gossweiler, J. [13975] Angola K000508646 Yes
Mar 25, 1960 Gossweiler, J. [5842] Angola K001307130 Yes
Muller, T. [256] Zimbabwe K000384890 Yes
Friis, I.; Bidgood, S.; Wondefrash, M.; Ayana, A.; Simon, F. [9254] Ethiopia K000384881 Yes
Koenen, E.; Onjalalaina, G.E.; Razafindrahaja, V.S. [590] Madagascar K001609067 Yes
s.coll. [5819] K000898369 Unknown Type Material Yes
Corby, H.D.L. [1568] Zimbabwe K000384885 Yes
Friis, I.; Bidgood, S.; Host, P.; Wondafrash, M.; Kebede, S. [6832] Ethiopia K000384882 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5819] K001122265 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bingham, M.G. [11429] Zambia K000384889 Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 5819] K001122264 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5820] K001122267 Unknown Type Material Yes
Zappi, D.C.; Sasaki, D.; Milliken, W.; Biggs, N.; Silveira, E.A.; Philippsen, M.; Bessa, M.A.; Piva, J.H. [871] Brazil K000578785 Yes
Goodier, R. [930] Zimbabwe K000384884 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nepal K000898368 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5819] K001122263 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5820] K001122268 Unknown Type Material Yes
Torre, A.R.; Correia, M.F. [18076] Mozambique K000384888 Yes
Dupuy, D.J.; DuPuy, B.P.; Andriantiana, J. [M 478] Madagascar K:SPC-61069.000 No
Jensen, M.; Friis, I.; Gashaw, M.; Simon, F.; Dessisa, D. [2] Ethiopia K000384880 Yes
Thwaites, G.H.K. [1467] Sri Lanka K000898367 Type Yes

Sources

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    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
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    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • 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

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