Fabaceae
Vigna

Vigna pygmaea R.E.Fr.

First published in Wiss. Erg. Schwed. Rhodesia-Kongo-Exp. 1911-1912, 1: 103 (1914)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Cameroon to Tanzania and Botswana. It grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • 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 Backbone Distributions

  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • 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.

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:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
s.coll. [s.n.] Zambia K001362053 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zambia K001362044 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359875 Yes
Merrett, L. [2435] Zambia K001573863 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zambia K001362043 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Malawi K001362036 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K001362063 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zambia K001362046 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Malawi K001362035 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K000514725 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Malawi K001362034 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L. & Vollesen, K. [9341] Zambia K001567783 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zambia K001362041 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Malawi K001362039 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zambia K001362057 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K001362066 Yes
Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K. & Bidgood, S. [9730] Zambia K001567756 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zambia K001362056 Yes
Richards, H.M. [6181] Tanzania K000263439 Type Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zambia K001362042 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zambia K001362047 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zambia K001362045 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Malawi K001362038 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zambia K001362054 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zambia K001362058 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359876 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K001362059 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zambia K001362040 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zambia K001362048 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K001362060 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zambia K001362050 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zambia K001362051 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K001362065 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K000514724 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zambia K001362049 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zambia K001362055 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K001362061 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001359874 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K001362067 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zambia K001362052 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K001362062 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K001362064 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Mozambique K001362033 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Malawi K001362037 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • 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/

  • 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 2024. 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 2024. 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