Fabaceae

Lonchocarpus Kunth

First published in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 6: 383 (1824)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Mexico to Tropical America, Tropical & S. Africa, Comoros, Madagascar.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bahamas, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Cameroon, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Namibia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Southwest Caribbean, Suriname, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is., Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

India, New Guinea, Sri Lanka, Uganda

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Sousa S., M. (2009). La Sect. Punctati de Género Lonchocarpus (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae, Millettieae) para Mesoamérica. Novon 19: 239-255.
  • Sousa S., M. (2010). Le sect. Obtusifolii del género Lonchocarpus (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae, Millettieae) para Mesoamérica. Novon 19: 520-533.
  • Sousa, M., Sotuyo, S. & Pedraza-Ortega, E. (2014). Sistemática de Lonchocarpus sección Punctati (Fabaceae: Millettieae), basada en datos morfológicos y moleculares, con la descripción de nueve especies nuevas. Acta Botanica Mexicana 109: 79-131. Instituto de Ecología A.C.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —F.T.A. 2: 241.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Nov. Gen. Sp. 6: 383 (1824), nom. conserv.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 20, 2008 Laurênio, A. [181], Brazil K000921703 Yes
Nov 13, 2002 Klitgaard, B.B. [19], Brazil 70269.000 No
Nov 13, 2002 Klitgaard, B.B. [5], Brazil 70272.000 No
Jan 1, 1980 Prance, G.T. [23580], Brazil K000921711 Yes
Costa, R.C.M. [1021], Brazil K000921712 Yes
Killip, E.P. [30241], Brazil K000921714 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [7677], Brazil K000921709 Yes
Diego, N. [5405], Mexico K000564215 No
Costa, R.C.M. [1006], Brazil K000921715 Yes
Verduzco Martínez [311], Mexico K000564265 No
Burchell [7972], Brazil K000921707 Yes
Silva, J.M. [1923], Brazil K000921702 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [7677], Brazil K000921708 Yes
Hatschbach, G.G. [77392], Brazil K000921704 Yes
Martínez Salas, E.M. [s.n.], Mexico K000564214 No
Krukoff, B.A. [7694], Brazil K000921710 Yes
Chavelas Pólito, J. [6249], Mexico K000635774 No
Ratter, J.A. [7759], Brazil K000921701 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [1688], Brazil K000921705 Yes
Hughes, C.E. [1530], Guatemala K000635776 No
Burchell [7304], Brazil K000921706 Yes
Diego, N. [5260], Mexico K000564213 No
Martínez Salas, E.M. [26417], Mexico K000564212 No
Killip, E.P. [30576], Brazil K000921713 Yes
Hughes, C.E. [1843], Mexico K000564211 No
MACQUEEN, D.J. [585], Costa Rica K000635778 No

Sources

  • 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 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

  • Legumes of the World Online

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