Fabaceae
Vatovaea

Vatovaea pseudolablab (Harms) J.B.Gillett

First published in Kew Bull. 20: 104 (1966)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is NE. & E. Tropical Africa, S. Arabian Peninsula. It is a climbing perennial and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Ethiopia, Kenya, Oman, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Ghazanfar, S.A. (2007). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman. volume 2. Crassulaceae - Apiaceae. Scripta Botanica Belgica 36: 1-220.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Ghazanfar, S.A. (2007). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman. volume 2. Crassulaceae - Apiaceae. Scripta Botanica Belgica 36: 1-220.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Gillett in Kew Bulletin 20: 104, fig. 1/A (1966).

International Legume Database and Information Service

  • Anon. (1985). New Scientist No. 1486:22 Early hominids dug food from ground
  • Gillett, J. B. et al. (1971). Papilionoideae. In: Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Milne-Redhead & Polhill
  • Morgan, W. T. W. (1981). Economic Botany 35(1) :96-130 Ethnobotany of the Turkana...

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001355273 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [7136] Kenya K:SPC-28467.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001355274 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001355281 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001355266 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001355302 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001355279 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001355295 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001355316 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001355276 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001355282 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001355329 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001355312 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001355327 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001355307 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001355300 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001355310 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001355261 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001372373 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001355270 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001355265 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Sudan K001355264 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001355303 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001355319 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001355325 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001355301 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001355284 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001355262 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001355315 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001355278 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001355283 Yes
Kassner [477] Kenya K000263372 Type Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001355271 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001355317 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001355275 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001355333 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001355291 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001355335 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001355309 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001355305 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001355285 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001355263 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001355324 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001355323 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001355287 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001355298 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001355299 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001355306 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001355288 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001355314 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001355294 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001355272 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001355277 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001355289 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001355268 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001355311 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001355328 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001355280 Type Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001355326 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001355330 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001355286 Yes
Hucks, M. [1000] Kenya K001275190 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001355332 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001355304 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001355320 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001355296 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001355290 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001355331 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001355297 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001355334 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001355269 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001355313 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001355321 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001355322 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001372374 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001355267 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001355292 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001355293 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001355318 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [7695] Tanzania Vigna pseudolablab K:SPC-15513.000 No
Gillett, J.B. [13848] Kenya Vigna pseudolablab K:SPC-09292.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • 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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • '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.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/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 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