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Tephrosia granitica

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Identification
Tephrosia reptans Baker [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Du Puy & J.-N. Labat, Tephrosia granitica R.Vig. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE ]
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  • Tephrosia granitica
  • Tephrosia reptans

Flora

Entry for TEPHROSIA reptans var. reptans [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
TEPHROSIA reptans var. reptans [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
TEPHROSIA kirkii Bak. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], in F.T.A. 2: 115 (1871). Type: Mozambique, Luabe [Luawe] R., Kirk (K, holo. !) [approaching var. arenicola ]
TEPHROSIA carvalhoi Taub. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], in E.J. 23: 183 (1896), as “ carvalhi ” . Type: Mozambique, Gorongosa, Carvalho (B, holo. †, COI, iso.)
TEPHROSIA godmanae Bak. f. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], L.T.A.: 194 (1926). Type: Rhodesia, Salisbury, Godman 144 (BM, holo. !)
TEPHROSIA granitica Viguier [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], in Not. Syst., Paris, 14: 63 (1952). Types: Madagascar, Perrier 4089 (P, syn.!), 13046 (P, syn.!, K, isosyn.!) & 16562 (P, syn.!)
Information
Stems, leaf-rhachides and calyx with spreading hairs. Bracteoles not present at base of calyx. Calyx-teeth, at any rate the lower one, nearly always longer than the tube.
Range
DISTR. U1; K1–4, 6; T4, 5, 7, 8
Altitude range
50–1800 m.
Distribution
KENYA Northern Frontier, Moyale, 2 Sept. 1952, Gillett 13772!KENYA W. Suk District 64 km. N. of Kitale, 10 June 1952, Bogdan 3445 !KENYA Machakos District 12 km. N. of Simba, 9 Jan. 1952, Bogdan 3363 !TANGANYIKA Nzega District Ndala, 25 Aug. 1945, van Rensburg 55!TANGANYIKA Dodoma District Manyoni, 24 Apr. 1962, Polhill & Paulo 2157 !TANGANYIKA Iringa District Ruaha National Park, 7 Feb. 1966, Richards 21250 !UGANDA Karamoja/Turkana District Turkana escarpment, Apr. 1960, J. Wilson 878!
Distribution (external)
; Mozambique
Malawi
Zambia
Rhodesia
Madagascar

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