Fabaceae
Stylosanthes

Stylosanthes hippocampoides Mohlenbr.

First published in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 44: 339 (1957)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Bolivia to Brazil and N. Argentina. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Paraguay, Uruguay

Introduced into:

Queensland

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Carvalho da Costa, L., Sartori, A.L.B. & Pott, A. (2008). Estudo taxonômico de Stylosanthes (Leguminosae-Papilionoideae-Dalbergieae) em Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil. Rodriguésia 59: 547-572.
  • Forzza, R.C., Zappi, D. & Souza, V.C. (2016-continuously updated). Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção http://reflora.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/listaBrasil/ConsultaPublicaUC/ResultadoDaConsultaNovaConsulta.do.
  • Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Vanni, R.O. (2017). The genus Stylosanthes (Fabaceae, Papilionoideae, Dalbergieae) in South America. Boletín de la Sociedad Argentina de Botánica 52: 549-585.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Carvalho da Costa, L., Sartori, A.L.B. & Pott, A. (2008). Estudo taxonômico de Stylosanthes (Leguminosae-Papilionoideae-Dalbergieae) em Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil. Rodriguésia 59: 547-572.
  • Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (2014-continuously updated). Atlas of Living Australia http://www.ala.org.au/.
  • Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • 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 2026. 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 2026. 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