Fabaceae

Andira Lam.

First published in Encycl. 1: 171 (1783), nom. cons.
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Mexico to Tropical America, W. Tropical Africa to Uganda.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Florida, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mali, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Senegal, Sudan, Suriname, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Venezuela, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

Argentina Northeast, India, Malaya, Sri Lanka, Tanzania

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

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: 246.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Gen.: 363 (1789), nom. conserv.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Brazil 29047.435 No
Pennington, R.T. [30], Bolivia 58303.000 No
Pennington, R.T. [125], Bolivia 58305.000 No
Pennington, R.T. [178], Bolivia 58306.000 No
Pennington, R.T. [58], Bolivia 58307.000 No
Pennington, R.T. [8], Bolivia 58308.000 No
Pennington, R.T. [3], Bolivia 58309.000 No
Pennington, T.D. [13558], Costa Rica 58809.000 No
Pennington, R.T/ [62], Bolivia 59120.000 No
Pennington, R.T. [73], Bolivia 59127.000 No
Pennington, R.T. [143], Bolivia 59247.000 No
Pennington, R.T. [114], Bolivia 59248.000 No
Mendonça, R.C. [2930], Brazil K000908051 Yes
Mexia, Y. [5928], Pará K000835218 Yes
Neto, E.T. [1786], Brazil K000908037 Yes
Tameirão Neto, E. [1786], Brazil K000908036 Yes

Sources

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. 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 2023. 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Legumes of the World Online

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0