Fabaceae

Aeschynomene L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 713 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is SE. Pennsylvania to Tropics & Subtropics.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alabama, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Cayman Is., Central African Repu, Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Florida, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kenya, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Louisiana, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Manchuria, Maryland, Mauritania, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, New Jersey, New South Wales, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, North Carolina, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Pakistan, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rwanda, Réunion, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Australia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Uruguay, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, Virginia, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Windward Is., Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Extinct in:

Delaware

Introduced into:

Bismarck Archipelago, California, Caroline Is., Chagos Archipelago, Egypt, Fiji, Greece, Kazan-retto, Marianas, Mauritius, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Philippines, Rodrigues, Samoa, Society Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera

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: 145.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 319 (1754).
  • Sp. Pl.: 713 (1753)
  • Verdcourt in Kirkia 9: 370 (1974).

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

  • J. Léon. in B.J.B.B. 24: 63–84 (1954)
  • L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 319 (1754)
  • Sp. Pl.: 713 (1753)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Apr 1, 2000 Pollard, B.J. [297], Cameroon K000746981 No
Luetzelburg, P.V. [21943], Brazil K000920443 Yes
Burchell [1216], Brazil K000920433 Yes
Claussen, P. [91], Brazil K000920435 Yes
Mendonça, R.C. [3857], Brazil K000920437 Yes
Coradin, L. [3756], Brazil K000920439 Yes
Gardner [747], Brazil K000920432 Yes
Rico, L. [2045], Mexico K000266022 No
Richards, P.W. [6675], Brazil K000920431 Yes
Souza, V.C. [5311], Brazil K000920440 Yes
Pirani, J.R. [4821], Brazil K000920442 Yes
Maciel, U.N. [109], Brazil K000920446 Yes
Carvalho, A.M. [6512], Brazil K000920438 Yes
Cavalcanti, T.B. [1350], Brazil K000920436 Yes
Giulietti, A.M. [2968], Brazil K000920445 Yes
Luetzelburg [21128], Brazil K000920444 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.], Brazil K000920434 Yes
Pirani, J.R. [4860], Brazil K000920441 Yes

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

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

  • Flora of Somalia

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

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East 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/

  • 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 2022 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 2022 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