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Hedysarum adscendens

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Identification
Hedysarum adscendens Sw. [family FABACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet, Hedysarum indet. Not on sheet [family FABACEAE ] Verified by Linnaeus filius, Desmodium adscendens (Sw.) DC. [family FABACEAE ] Verified by Schindler, A.K., 1925
Related name
  • Hedysarum adscendens
  • Hedysarum indet.
  • Desmodium adscendens

Flora

Entry for DESMODIUM adscendens var. adscendens [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (1971) Author: J. B. GILLETT, R. M. POLHILL & B. VERDCOURT
Names
DESMODIUM adscendens var. adscendens [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Hedysarum adscendens Sw. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 106 (1788) & Fl. Ind. Occ. 3: 1263 (1806)
Desmodium ovalifolium Guill. & Perr. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], in Fl. Seneg. Tent.: 208 (1832). Type: Senegal, 1829, Perrottet 245 (BM, isosyn.!, GH, photo.!)
Desmodium oxalidifolium G. Don [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], Gen. Syst. 2: 294 (1832); Exell, Cat. Vasc. Pl. S. Tomé: 156 (1944); Hepper in F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 1: 585 (1958). Type: S. Tomé, Don (BM, holo. !)
Desmodium simplex G. Don [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], Gen. Syst. 2: 294 (1832); Schindl. in F.R. Beih. 49: 299 (1928). Type: Sierra Leone, collector unrecorded (Herb. Lambert, whereabouts uncertain)
Information
Leaflets thin, finely appressed pilose above. Rhachis of the inflorescence uncinulate-puberulent and remotely pilose; primary bracts glabrescent. Fig. 65/13, p. 453.
Range
DISTR. U2, 3; K7; T2, 3, 6, 7; Z; P Guinée to Congo, Malawi
Altitude range
100–1500 m.
Distribution
KENYA Kwale District Shimba Hills, Giriama Point, 27 Mar. 1968, Magogo & Glover 534!TANGANYIKA E. Usambara Mts., Kwamkoro, 5 Nov. 1928, Greenway 986 !TANGANYIKA Uluguru Mts., Kibogwa, Oct. 1930, Haarer 1876!TANGANYIKA Rungwe District Lusungo, 22 May 1957, Richards 9902!UGANDA Bunyoro District 3 km. N. of Little Kasenene Hill, 8 Apr. 1950, Dawkins 559 !UGANDA Mbale District Bufumbo, Nov. 1932, Chandler 1006 !ZANZIBAR Zanzibar I., Kidichi, 18 Dec. 1969, Faulkner 2435 ! (not altogether typical)ZANZIBAR Pemba I., Chonga–Chanjaani, 14 Feb. 1929, Greenway 1443 !

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