Fabaceae

Alysicarpus Desv.

First published in J. Bot. Agric. 1: 120 (1813), nom. cons.
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & Subtropical Old World.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, Congo, Djibouti, East Himalaya, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Gulf States, Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laccadive Is., Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Rodrigues, Rwanda, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Socotra, Solomon Is., Somalia, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Alabama, Andaman Is., Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Chagos Archipelago, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Colombia, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Fiji, Florida, French Guiana, Georgia, Guyana, Haiti, Hawaii, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Marianas, Mexico Southwest, Nauru, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Panamá, Puerto Rico, Samoa, Seychelles, Society Is., Southwest Caribbean, Suriname, Texas, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Vanuatu, Venezuela, 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: 169.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Léonard in Bull. Jard. Bot. État 24: 84 (1954).
  • Verdcourt in Kirkia 9: 544 (1974).
  • in J. Bot. Agric. 1: 120, pl. 4, fig. 8 (1813).

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
  • Léonard in Bull. Jard. Bot. Etat 24: 84 (1954)
  • Léonard in Fl. Congo Belge (1954)
  • Verdcourt in Fl. Trop. E. Afr. (1971).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • J. Léon, in B.J.B.B.24:84(1954), nom. conserv.
  • Journ. de Bot., sér. 2,1:120 (1813)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 5, 1953 Sieber [s.n.] Senegal K000418214 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5762] India K001122051 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kandt [G169] Rwanda K003997080 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5765] K001122061 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich [5762] K000858955 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5762] K001122049 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5762] K001122052 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5762] K001122050 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5762] K001122054 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5762] K001122053 Unknown Type Material Yes
Stocks [s.n.] K000858953 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5765] India K001122062 Unknown Type Material Yes
Edgeworth [2035] India K000858954 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
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  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
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  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • 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 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

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