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Hedysarum violaceum

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Identification
Hedysarum violaceum L. [family FABACEAE: FABOIDEAE ] (stored under name); Hedysarum violaceum L. [family FABACEAE: FABOIDEAE ] Verified by James L. Reveal, Orbexilum pedunculatum (Walter) Isely [family LEGUMINOSAE ] Verified by James L. Reveal,
Related name
  • Hedysarum glumaceum
  • Lespedeza violacea
  • Lespedeza intermedia
  • Hedysarum sp.
  • Desmodium neomexicanum
  • Alysicarpus glumaceus
  • Orbexilum pedunculatum
  • Hedysarum violaceum
  • Lespedeza hirta
  • Lespedeza stuevei
  • Alysicarpus rugosus
  • Alysicarpus violaceus

Flora

Entry for ALYSICARPUS glumaceus var. glumaceus [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
ALYSICARPUS glumaceus var. glumaceus [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Hedysarum violaceum Forsk. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 136 (1775), non L., nom. illegit. Type: as for Alysicarpus glumaceus
Hedysarum glumaceum Vahl [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], Symb. Bot. 2, Add. et Corrig.: 106 (1791)
Alysicarpus hochstetteri A. Rich. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 209 (1847). Type: Ethiopia, Tigre, Modat, Mai Oui, Schimper 1049 (P, holo., BM, iso.!)
Alysicarpus violaceus (Forsk.) Schindl. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], in F.R. 21: 13 (1925), pro parte; L.T.A.: 342 (1929), pro parte
Information
Calyx-lobes narrow, 4–6 mm. long, 1 mm. wide, scarcely if at all overlapping at the base. Fruit well exserted from the calyx. Fig. 71/E, p. 492.
Range
DISTR. U2, 3; K2, 4, 6, 7; T1–7 Arabia and widely distributed throughout tropical Africa from Senegal to Angola and Ethiopia to Natal
Altitude range
0–1740 m.
Distribution
KENYA W. Suk District Kitale–Lodwar road, Cherangani [Cherongonu] Escarpment, 30 Sept. 1963, Bogdan 5634!KENYA Machakos District Kiboko, 18 Feb. 1949, Bogdan 2300 !KENYA Masai District Ngerendei, 5 June 1961, Glover et al. 1573 !TANGANYIKA Masai District Tarangire, 8 May 1962, Polhill & Paulo 2385 !TANGANYIKA Mbulu District Lake Manyara National Park, Bagoyo R., 20 Mar. 1964, Greenway & Kanure 11392 !TANGANYIKA Mpanda District Rukwa valley, Tumba Camp, Mar. 1952, Siame 137A!UGANDA Toro District Ruwenzori, Bulango (? = Buranga), 12 Dec. 1925, Maitland !UGANDA Teso District Serere, Aug. 1932, Chandler 864 !UGANDA Busoga District Nkombe [Nkumbi], 16 June 1926, Maitland !

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