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Sphenostylis schweinfurthii
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Isolectotype of Sphenostylis schweinfurthii Harms [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Isolectotype of Sphenostylis schweinfurthii Harms [family FABACEAE]
Filed as Sphenostylis schweinfurthii Harms [family FABACEAE]
Sphenostylis schweinfurthii Harms [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Holotype of Sphenostylis schweinfurthii Harms subsp. benguellensis Torre [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAP]
Isolectotype of Sphenostylis schweinfurthii Harms [family FABACEAE]
Filed as Sphenostylis schweinfurthii Harms [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Isotype of Sphenostylis schweinfurthii Torre ssp. benguellensis [family LEGUMINOSAE]
Filed as Sphenostylis schweinfurthii Harms [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Isotype of Sphenostylis schweinfurthii Harms subsp. benguellensis Torre [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAP]
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Name
Identification
Sphenostylis marginata
(Baker,f.) Verdc.
[family
LEGUMINOSAE
] (stored under name);
Sphenostylis erecta
(Baker,f.) Baker,f.
[family
LEGUMINOSAE
]
Isotype of Sphenostylis schweinfurthii
Torre
[family
LEGUMINOSAE
] Verified by Potter,D.,
Related name
Sphenostylis marginata
Sphenostylis erecta
Sphenostylis schweinfurthii
Dolichos not on sheet
Common name
wáákén barééwáá = gazelles’ bean (JMD) wáákén kuréégee = ground squirrels’ bean (JMD) wáákén mada (Binga) (NIGERIA, HAUSA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
Flora
Entry for Sphenostylis schweinfurthii Harms [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 1, Part 2,
Names
Sphenostylis schweinfurthii
Harms
[family
LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE
], in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 26: 309 (1899); Chev. Bot. 198; Bak. f. Leg. Trop. Afr. 2: 422.
Information
An erect undershrub 3–5 ft. high, with fairly large yellow flowers; in open savannah.
Habitat
; in open savannah.
Distribution
Fr. Sud. Coumana Chev. 368. Koba Chev. 606.G. C. Wenchi (Mar., Dec.) Morton GC 8616! 8636! 25140!Dah. Atacora Mts. Chev. 23980.N. Nig. Jebba (Feb.) Meikle 1197! Zaria (Feb.) Dalz. 402! Keay FHI 25744! Bauchi Plateau (fl. 8 fr. Jan.) Lely P. 108! Hill 26! W. D. MacGregor 433!S. Nig. near Old Oyo F.R. (Feb.) Keay FHI 16253!
Distribution (external)
Ubangi-Shari
Abyssinia
A.-E.
Sudan
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