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Eriosema tenue

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Holotype of Eriosema shirense Baker f. var. pawekiae [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Holotype of Eriosema tenue Hepper [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Holotype of Eriosema tenue Hepper var. rufum Hepper [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Holotype of Eriosema tenue Hepper var. rufum Hepper [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
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Name

Identification
Eriosema shirense Baker f. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE ] (stored under name); Eriosema youngii Baker f. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE ] Eriosema tenue Hepper [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE ]
Related name
  • Eriosema youngii
  • Eriosema shirense
  • Microcharis unrecorded
  • Eriosema tenue

Flora

Entry for Eriosema tenue Hepper [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
Eriosema tenue Hepper [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], in Kew Bull. 1956: 130, fig. 7.
Eriosema shirense [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], of F.W.T.A., ed1, 1: 403, partly (Chev. 13261).
Information
A slender-stemmed herb with linear leaves; flowers yellow tinged red.
Distribution
Fr. G. Kaba to Mamou (May) Chev. 18261!N. Nig. Mando, Birnin Gwari (fl. & fr. June) Keay FHI 25868! Vom, 3,000舑4,500 ft., Dent Young 70!

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