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Glycine elegans

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Filed as Leptolobium elegans Vogel [family FABACEAE]
Rhynchosia elegans A. Rich. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Isosyntype of Rhynchosia elegans A. Rich. [family LEGUMINOSAE/FABACEAE]
Type of Leptolobium elegans Vogel, T. 1837 [family FABACEAE]
Isotype of Leptolobium elegans Vogel var. grandifolia Tul. [family LEGUMINOSAE]
Isotype of Rhynchosia elegans A.Rich. [family FABACEAE]
Isotype of Rhynchosia elegans A.Rich. [family FABACEAE]
Filed as Leptolobium elegans Vogel, J.R.T. 1837 [family FABACEAE]
Isotype of Glycine elegans Hochst. [family FABACEAE]
Isosyntype of Rhynchosia elegans A.Rich. [family FABACEAE]
Rhynchosia elegans A. Rich. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Isotype of Leptolobium elegans Vogel [family FABACEAE]
Isosyntype of Rhynchosia elegans A. Rich. [family LEGUMINOSAE/FABACEAE]
Filed as Leptolobium elegans Vogel [family FABACEAE]
Lectotype of Leptolobium elegans Vogel [family FABACEAE]
Isosyntype of Rhynchosia elegans A.Rich. [family LEGUMINOSAE]
Filed as Leptolobium elegans Vogel [family FABACEAE]
Isotype of Leptolobium elegans Vogel var. parvifolia Vog. [family LEGUMINOSAE]
Filed as Leptolobium elegans Vogel [family FABACEAE]
Type? of Rhynchosia elegans A.Rich. [family LEGUMINOSAE]
Filed as Leptolobium elegans Vogel [family FABACEAE]
Isosyntype of Rhynchosia elegans A.Rich. [family FABACEAE]
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Name

Identification
Rhynchosia elegans A.Rich. [family LEGUMINOSAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Verdcourt,B., Glycine elegans Hochst. [family LEGUMINOSAE ]
Related name
  • Rhynchosia elegans
  • Glycine elegans

Flora

Entry for RHYNCHOSIA elegans A. Rich. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 2, page 1, (1871) Author: Papilionaceae by Mr. J. G. Baker; Caesalpinieae and Mimoseae by Prof. Oliver)
Names
RHYNCHOSIA elegans A. Rich. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], Fl. Abyss. i. 228.
Glycine elegans Hochst. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], in Schimp. Hb. Abyss. No. 88.
Information
Stems slender, firm, wide-twining, slightly grey-pubescent. Stipules 1/4 in. long, ovate-acuminate, scarious, reflexed. Petioles 1/2–1 1/2 in. long, firm; leaflets 3, the central one broad ovate-acuminate, 1 1/2–2 1/2 in. long by 1–2 in. broad, the base rounded; petiolule 1/2 in. long; lateral ones unequal-sided, texture firm, upper surface glabrous, the lower finely grey-pubescent especially on the raised veins. Flowers in lax 6–20-flowered racemes 3–4 in. long on short peduncles. Bracts like the stipules. Bracteoles linear, deciduous. Pedicels 1/4– 1/2 in. long, cernuous, pubescent. Calyx 1/2 in. deep, pubescent, the teeth linear-setaceous, reaching three-quarters down, the lowest longer than the others. Corolla 5/8 in. deep; standard glabrous, yellow, distinctly veined with purple. Pod 1 1/4 in. long, 3/8 in. broad, narrowed at the base and point, finely grey-pubescent when young.
Distribution
Abyssinia Nile Land Schimper! and others.

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