Fabaceae
Polhillides
Polhillides velutina

Polhillides velutina subsp. velutina

This subspecies is accepted
The native range of this subspecies is Tropical & Subtropical Old World. It is an annual, perennial or subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Congo, East Himalaya, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Philippines, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Comoros, French Guiana, Madagascar, Windward Is.

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Barthelat, F. (2019). La flore illustrée de Mayotte: 1-687. Biotope éditions.
  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • Du Puy, D.J., Labat, N.-N., Rabevohitra, R., Villiers, J.-F., Bosser, J. & Moat, J. (2002). The Leguminosae of Madagascar: 1-737. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • 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.
  • Lock, J.M. & Heald, J. (1994). Legumes of Indo-China a check-list: 1-164. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Verdcourt, B. (2000). Flora Zambesiaca 3(6): 1-175. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 10: 1-642. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5716] Desmodium roxburghii K001121843 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5716] Burma Desmodium roxburghii K001121845 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5716] Burma Desmodium roxburghii K001121847 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5716] Desmodium roxburghii K001121841 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5716] Burma Desmodium roxburghii K001121846 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5716] Desmodium roxburghii K001121844 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5692] Desmodium latifolium K001121788 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5692] India Desmodium latifolium K001121779 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5692] Desmodium latifolium K001121781 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5692] India Desmodium latifolium K001121780 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5692] Burma Desmodium latifolium K001121784 Unknown Type Material Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 5692] Desmodium latifolium K001121782 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5692] Desmodium latifolium K001121787 Unknown Type Material Yes
Telfair, C. [Cat. no. 5692] Mauritius Desmodium latifolium K001121778 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5692] Burma Desmodium latifolium K001121785 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5692] Nepal Desmodium latifolium K001121783 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 5692] Burma Desmodium latifolium K001121786 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • 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/

  • 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