Fabaceae

Zornia J.F.Gmel.

First published in Syst. Nat., ed. 13[bis].: 1076 (1792)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropics & Subtropics.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, DR Congo, East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Florida, Free State, French Guiana, Galápagos, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Louisiana, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Carolina, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Pakistan, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rwanda, Réunion, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Socotra, Somalia, South Carolina, Sri Lanka, Sudan-South Sudan, Suriname, Taiwan, Tanzania, Texas, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Uruguay, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, Virginia, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Windward Is., Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guatemala, Gulf of Guinea Is., Marianas, New Caledonia, Tonga

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —F.T.A. 2: 158.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Mohlenbr. in Webbia 16: 1–141 (1961)
  • Syst. Nat. 2: 1076, 1096 (1791)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2008 Heiden, G. [965] Brazil K000908288 Yes
Mar 1, 1979 Mori, S.A.; Silva, L.A.M.; Kallunki, J.A.; Santos, T.S. [10003] Brazil K000205412 Yes
Carr, C.E. [12225] Papua New Guinea K003005915 No
Carvalho, A.M.; Martinelli, G. [225] Brazil K000205416 Yes
Huber, O. [5269] Venezuela K000555759 Type Yes
Coode, M.J.E.; Ferguson, I.K. [7416] Brunei K003005894 No
Streimann, H.; Kairo, A. [LAE51659] Papua New Guinea K003005914 No
Magogo, F.C. [1353] Kenya K003006745 Yes
Rico, L.; UMSS students [1558] Bolivia K000295297 No
Nascimento, M.S.B.; Alencar, M.E. [1040] Brazil K000205353 Yes
Bauer [s.n.] Australia K000279002 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [1772] K003006356 Yes
de Wilde, J.J.F.E. [7617] Cameroon K003006313 Yes
Burchell [1776] Brazil K000908267 Yes
Tweedie [357] Brazil K000908262 Yes
Thwaites [[C.P.3599]] Sri Lanka K003005850 No
Burchell [3953] Brazil K000908268 Yes
Mueller, F., von [s.n.] Australia K000278973 Yes
Williams, R.S. [1421] Philippines K003005902 No
Wilms, F. [352] South Africa K003007111 Yes
Merrill [s.n.] K003005900 No
Hatschbach, G.; Barbosa, E.; Costa, E.F. [79156] Brazil K000908283 Yes
Traill, J.W.H. [140] Brazil K000908235 Yes
Sosef, M.S.M.; Issembe, Y.; Moussavou, J.M. [765] Gabon K003006314 Yes
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [3363] South Africa K003007120 Yes
Verdcourt [505] Kenya K003006746 Yes
Galpin, E.E. [1258] South Africa K003007119 Yes
Thwaites [[CP3599]] Sri Lanka K003005849 No
Sellow [s.n.] Brazil K000908277 Yes
Koyama, T.; Koyama, M.; Balakrishnan, N. [14019] Sri Lanka K003005854 No
Rogers, F.A. [14506] South Africa K003007121 Yes
Codd, L.E.; B. de Winter, B. [4929] South Africa K003007110 Yes
Rogers, F.A. [18387] South Africa K003007113 Yes
Tweedie [357] Brazil K000908263 Yes
s.coll. [258] K003006355 Yes
Wiakabu, J.; Giyowosa, S. [LAE70438] Papua New Guinea K003005912 No
Sellow [s.n.] Brazil K000908278 Yes
Tweedie [351] Brazil K000908265 Yes
Tweedie [352] Brazil K000908270 Yes
Burchell [s.n.] Brazil K000908280 Yes
Rico, L.; UMSS students [1554] Bolivia K000295293 No
Merrill, E.D. [3787] Philippines K003005903 No
Clarke, H.D. [1587] Guyana K001636963 No
Smith, S.F.; Bell, D.A.; Bourobou Bourobou, H.; Mayombo, F.J.; Nzabi, T. [1955] Gabon K001891286 Yes
Rogers, F.A. [20930] South Africa K003007114 Yes
Merrill, E.D. [3787] Philippines K003005901 No
Burchell [9701] Brazil K000908276 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil K000908210 Yes
Tweedie [357] Brazil K000908264 Yes
Verdcourt; Henty, E.E. [4901C] Papua New Guinea K003005913 No
Burchell [4313] Brazil K000908282 Yes
Verdcourt; Huxley; White [4872] Papua New Guinea K003005924 No
Rogers, F.A. [20[8]05] South Africa K003007115 Yes
Lucas, E.J.; Mazine, F.F.; Siqueira, G.S.; Brummitt, N.A.; Caliari, C.P.; Campos, O.R.; Flores, T.B.; Jennings, L.V.S.; Sampaio, D. [887] Brazil K000908285 Yes
Paula-Souza, J.; Ferrucci, M.S.; Rando, J.G.; Tsuji, R. [5585] Brazil K000908289 Yes
Brass, L.J. [24380] Papua New Guinea K003005909 No
Mogg [9526] South Africa K003007116 Yes
Burchell [4313] Brazil K000908281 Yes
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 5662] Burma K001121623 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sellow [s.n.] Brazil K000908279 Yes
Thwaites [[Cp524]] Sri Lanka K003005848 No
Carvalho, A.M.; Plowman, T. [1550] Brazil K000205423 Yes
Souza, V.C.; Giulietti, A.M.; Sakuragui, C.M.; Harley, R.M.; Atkins, S. [CFCR 13936] Brazil K000908286 Yes
Ramos, M. [33451] Philippines K003005904 No
Forman, L.L.; Blewett, J.B.J. [1103] Brunei K003005895 No
Traill, J.W.H. [140] Brazil K000908231 Yes
Coode, M.J.E.; Kirkup, D.W. [7755] Brunei K003005893 No
Rogers, F.A. [14420] South Africa K003007117 Yes
Fonseca, M.L.; Silva, M.A.; Cardoso, E. [2447] Brazil K000908287 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil K000908272 Yes
Sellow [s.n.] Brazil K000908274 Yes
Faulkner, H. [2172] Tanzania K:SPC-04967.000 No
Mason, E. [s.n.] South Africa K003007118 Yes
Burchell [1666] Brazil K000908275 Yes
Wilms, F. [353] South Africa K003007112 Yes
Gaudichaud [s.n.] Brazil K000908269 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil K000908271 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [8598C] Tanzania K003006747 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [8598C] Tanzania K003006748 Yes
Lucas, E.J.; Mazine, F.F.; Siqueira, G.S.; Brummitt, N.A.; Caliari, C.P.; Campos, O.R.; Flores, T.B.; Jennings, L.V.S.; Sampaio, D. [887] Brazil K000908284 Yes
Poiteau [s.n.] Brazil K000908266 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5662] Burma K001121624 Unknown Type Material Yes
{Dick Van der Ben} [2277] K003006315 Yes
Sellow [s.n.] Brazil K000908273 Yes
Brass, L.J. [8785] Papua New Guinea K003005916 No
Harley, R.M.; Mayo, S.J.; Storr, R.M.; Santos, T.S.; Pinheiro, R.S. [19366B] Brazil K000205429 Yes
Elbert, J. [4671] K003005896 No
Schlieben, H.J. [2359] Tanzania K003006749 Yes

Sources

  • Flora of Somalia

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

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

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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 2025. 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 2025. 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

  • Legumes of the World Online

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

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