Fabaceae

Mezoneuron Desf.

First published in Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 4: 245 (1818)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & Subtropical Old World to SW. Pacific, Hawaiian Islands.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, China South-Central, China Southeast, Congo, DR Congo, East Himalaya, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Hawaii, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malaya, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Philippines, Queensland, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, Zambia

Introduced into:

Pakistan

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Clark, R.P. & Gagnon, E. (2015). A revision of Mezoneuron (Leguminosae: Caesalpinioideae) in New Caledonia, with perspectives on vegetation, geology, and conservation. Phytotaxa 207(1):: 68-92.
  • Clark, R.P. (2016). A taxonomic revision of Mezoneuron (Leguminosae: Caesalpinioideae: Caesalpinieae). Phytotaxa 274: 1-72.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —F.T.A. 2: 260.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • in Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 4: 245, fig.10, 11 (1818) as Mezonevron.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • in Mém. Mus. Paris 4: 245, t. 10, 11 (1818) (as “ Mezonevron ”)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
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  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. 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 2026. 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

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