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Tephrosia leucoclada

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Identification
Tephrosia leucoclada Scott-Elliot [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE ] Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Brummitt, R.K.,
Related name
  • Tephrosia purpurea
  • Tephrosia leucoclada

Flora

Entry for TEPHROSIA purpurea Brummitt subsp. dunensis [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 purpurea Brummitt subsp. dunensis [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], in Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2, 41: 251 (1968). Type: 25 km. N. of Dar es Salaam, Leach & Brunton 10164 (K, hole, EA!, SRGH, iso.)
TEPHROSIA leucoclada Scott Elliot [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], in J.L.S. 29: 13 (1891). Type: Madagascar, Fort Dauphin, Scott Elliot 2297 (K, holo. !)
Information
Perennial procumbent or ascending herb differing from subsp. leptostachya in the dense white or silvery-grey appressed indumentum of the young stems and inflorescence-axes, and in the thickened woody lower portion of the stems.
Range
DISTR. K7; T3, 6, 8
Distribution
KENYA Kilifi District 3 km. N. of Malindi, 10 Aug. 1958, Hacker 77 !KENYA Lamu District Lamu, 18 Feb. 1956, Greenway & Rawlins 8923 ! & Shela sand dunes, 16 Feb. 1956, Greenway & Rawlins 8914 !TANGANYIKA Uzaramo District Kawe, 8 July 1967, Harris 705!TANGANYIKA Rufiji District Mafia I., 29 Sept. 1937, Greenway 5333!TANGANYIKA Songea District Lake Nyasa, Mbamba Bay, 5 Apr. 1956, Milne-Redhead & Taylor 9537 !
Distribution (external)
; Somali Republic (S.)
Malawi
Mozambique
Madagascar

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