Dipogon lignosus (L.) Verdc.

First published in Taxon 17: 537 (1968)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Africa. It is a climbing perennial or subshrub and grows primarily in the subtropical biome. It is used as a medicine, has environmental uses and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Provinces

Introduced into:

California, Chile North, Colombia, New South Wales, New Zealand North, Norfolk Is., Queensland, South Australia, Sri Lanka, Tasmania, Victoria

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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PAFTOL

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Danton, P. & Perrier, C. (2017). Suppressions and additions to the flora of the Juan Fernández archipelago (Chile). Botany Letters 164: 351-360.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Govaerts, R. (2000). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS D: 1-30141.
  • Kumar, S. & Sane, P.V. (2003). Legumes of South Asia. A Checklist: 1-536. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lepschi, B. & Monro, A. (Project Coordinators) (2014). Australian Plant Census (APC) Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria. http://www.anbg.gov.au/chah/apc/index.html.
  • Webb, C.J., Sykes, W.R. & Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1988). Flora of New Zealand 4: 1-1365. Botany division, D.S.I.R., Christchurch.
  • 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.
  • de Salas, MF, Baker, ML (2022). A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 1-161. Tasmanian Herbarium, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart. https://flora.tmag.tas.gov.au/resources/census/.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Kumar, S. & Sane, P.V. (2003). Legumes of South Asia. A Checklist: 1-536. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lepschi, B. & Monro, A. (Project Coordinators) (2014). Australian Plant Census (APC) Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria. http://www.anbg.gov.au/chah/apc/index.html.
  • Webb, C.J., Sykes, W.R. & Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1988). Flora of New Zealand 4: 1-1365. Botany division, D.S.I.R., Christchurch.
  • 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.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • Willis, K.J. (ed.) (2017). State of the World’s Plants 2017. Report. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

International Legume Database and Information Service

  • Bojer, W. (1837). Hortus Mauritianus ou Enumeration des Plants... l'ile Maurice
  • Bouton, L. (1871). Trans. Roy. Soc. Arts Mauritius n. s. 5:132-140 Letter to ...
  • Burkart, A. (1952). Acme Agency, Buenos Aires 569 pp Las Leguminosas Argentinas
  • Maxwell, R. H. (1991). In: Dassanayake, M. D. & Fosberg, F. R. (Eds.) A revised handbook
  • Stirton, C. H. (1981). Bothalia 13:327-330. The genus Dipogon (Leg.-Papilionoideae)
  • Webb, C. J. et al. (1988). Flora of New Zealand Vol IV

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 7, 2019 Australia K001275193 No
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K001352750 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K001352784 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001352766 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K001352779 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K001352790 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001352770 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001352768 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001352811 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Australia K001352731 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sri Lanka K001352813 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001352800 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K001352761 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K001352775 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001352763 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Australia K001352735 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K001352774 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001352765 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K001352795 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001352764 Yes
Lally, T.R.; Lepschi, B.J. [894A] Australia K001275193 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001352771 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001352807 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K001352753 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Australia K001352743 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sri Lanka K001352812 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001352808 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Australia K001352730 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001352769 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Portugal K001352814 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K001352755 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] New Zealand K001352746 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K001352792 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Portugal K001352815 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001352804 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Australia K001352736 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001352801 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Australia K001352742 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001352810 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Australia K001352745 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001352767 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Australia K001352729 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K001352781 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K001352776 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K001352783 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001352806 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001352762 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K001352793 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K001352777 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K001352794 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K001352752 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] New Zealand K001352747 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001352798 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001352797 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Australia K001352733 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K001352758 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Australia K001352732 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K001352786 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K001352760 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K001352788 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Australia K001352744 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Australia K001352737 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K001352785 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001352809 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Australia K001352740 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K001352805 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Australia K001352734 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K001352787 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K001352751 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K001352749 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Australia K001352739 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K001352757 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K001352748 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K001352772 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K001352782 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Australia K001352741 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001352803 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Australia K001352738 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001352802 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K001352754 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K001352756 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Chile K001352816 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001352796 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001352799 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K001352791 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K001352780 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K001352778 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K001352759 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K001352789 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K001352773 Yes

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