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Glycine gilletii

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Name

Identification
Glycine gilletii De Wild. [family FABACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Teramnus uncinatus (L.) Sw. [family FABACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Glycine gilletii
  • Teramnus uncinatus

Flora

Entry for Teramnus uncinatus subsp. axilliflorus Kotschy Verdc. [family LEGUMINOSAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 3, Part 5, (2001) Author: B. Mackinder, R. Pasquet, R. Polhill and B. Verdcourt
Names
Teramnus uncinatus subsp. axilliflorus Kotschy Verdc. [family LEGUMINOSAE], in Kew Bull. 24: 278 (1970); in F.T.E.A., Leguminosae, Pap.: 540 (1971). —Lock, Leg. Afr. Check-list: 440 (1989). Type from Sudan.
Glycine axilliflora Kotschy [family LEGUMINOSAE], in Sitzb. Akad. Wien, Math.-Nat. 51, Abt. 2: 366, t. 7 (1865).
Glycine gilletii De Wild. [family LEGUMINOSAE], in Ann. Mus. Congo, Bot., Sér. V [Études Fl. Bas-Moyen-Congo], 1: 150 (1904). Type from Dem. Rep. Congo (Katanga Prov.).
Teramnus axilliflorus Kotschy Baker f. [family LEGUMINOSAE], Legum. Trop. Africa: 364 (1929). —Hauman in F.C.B. 6: 105 (1954). —Torre in C.F.A. 3: 246 (1966).
Teramnus gilletii De Wild. Baker f. [family LEGUMINOSAE], Legum. Trop. Africa: 365 (1929).
Information
Leaflets mostly linear-oblong. Inflorescences seldom lax, flowers often in subsessile clusters along the axis. Calyx with white and/or brown hairs.
Habitat
Grassland and woodland, often on seasonally flooded ground
Range
Widespread in tropical Africa
Altitude range
600–1050 m.
1050
600
Distribution
Zambia E Chipata Distr., Tundwe–Munkanya, fr. 16.iv.1968, R. Phiri 168 (K); Chipata area, fl. & fr. iii.1962, Verboom 499 (K).
Notes
Subsp. uncinatus, from tropical America, has narrowly elliptic leaflets with rounded sides and pods with more spreading hairs. It has apparently been cultivated at Marondera, Grasslands Research Station, fl. 12.iv.1961, Corby 893 (K; SRGH), but pods are needed for confirmation.

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