Fabaceae
Pseudovigna

Pseudovigna argentea (Willd.) Verdc.

First published in Kew Bull. 24: 392 (1970)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SE. Ghana to S. Togo, SE. Kenya to E. Mozambique. It is a scrambling perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Benin, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania, Togo, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Mackinder, B., Pasquet, R., Polhill, R. & Verdcourt, B. (2001). Flora Zambesiaca 3(5): 1-261. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Bulletin

  • (Verdcourt1970: 390).
  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W. J. & van der Maesen, L. J. G. (eds) (2006). Flore analytique du Bénin. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden.
  • Baker, E. G. (1929). The Leguminosae of tropical Africa. Unitas press, Ostend.
  • Ern, H. (1980). Pseudovigna puerarioides, eineneueLeguminoseaus West-Afrika. Willdenowia 10: 151 – 155.
  • Gillett, J. B., Polhill, R. M. & Verdcourt, B. (1971). Leguminosae (Part 4), subfamily Papilionoideae (2). In: E. Milne-Redhead & R. M. Polhill, (eds), Flora of Tropical East Africa: 596 – 598. Crown Agents for Oversea Governments and Administrations.
  • Harms, H. (1915). In: H. G. A. Engler, Die PflanzenweltAfrikasinsbesondere seiner tropischengebiete 3. W. Engelman, Leipzig.
  • Hepper, F. N. & Neate, F. (1971). Plant Collectors in West Africa. Oosthoek, Utrecht.
  • IUCN (2001). IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: version 3.1. IUCN Species Survival Commission, IUCN, Gland, Switzerland & Cambridge, UK.
  • Punt, W., Blackmore, S., Nilsson, S. & Le Thomas, A. (1994). Glossary of Pollen and Spore Terminology. LPP Foundation, Utrecht.
  • Schrire, B. D. (2005). In: G. Lewis, B. Schrire, B. Mackinder & M. Lock. Legumes of the World: 420. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Schumacher, H. C. F. (1827). BeskrivelseafGuineiskeplante: som ere fundeaf Danske botanikere, isaerafetatsraadThonning. F. Popps, Kjöbenhavn.
  • Vatke, W. (1878). Plantas in itinereafricano ab J. M. Hildebrandt collectas. Oesterr. Bot. Z. 28: 261 – 264.
  • Verdcourt, B. (1970). Studies in the Leguminosae — Papilionoideae for the ‘Flora of Tropical East Africa’: III. Kew Bull. 24: 379 – 399.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  • Willdenow, C. (1802). Species Plantarum, ed. 4, 3 (2): 1047. Impensis G. C. Nauk, Berolini.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Mackinder, B., Pasquet, R., Polhill, R. & Verdcourt, B. (2001). Flora Zambesiaca 3(5): 1-261. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Verdc. in Kew Bulletin 24: 392, fig. 4 (1970).

International Legume Database and Information Service

  • Gillett, J. B. et al. (1971). Papilionoideae. In: Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Milne-Redhead & Polhill

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

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

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

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

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

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

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • 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 Bulletin

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