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Tephrosia paradoxa

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Name

Identification
Tephrosia paradoxa Brummitt [family LEGUMINOSAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Brummitt, R.K.,
Related name
  • Tephrosia paradoxa
  • Tephrosia longipes
  • Tephrosia stormsii

Flora

Entry for TEPHROSIA stormsii var. stormsii [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 stormsii var. stormsii [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
TEPHROSIA eylesii Bak. f. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], L.T.A.: 200 (1926). Type: Rhodesia, Bernheim Hill, Eyles 265 (BM, holo. !, SRGH, iso.)
TEPHROSIA longipes var. longipes [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], [sensu Gillett in K.B. 13: 125 (1958), pro parte, non Meisn.]
TEPHROSIA paradoxa Brummitt [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], in Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2, 41: 303 (1968). Type: Zambia, near Mbala [Abercorn], Ndundu, Richards 10969 (K, holo. !)
Information
Plant up to 150 cm. tall, indumentum everywhere short and (except on the pods) appressed. Stipules up to 10 mm. long; leaflets not above 6 mm. wide. Pods up to 7 cm. long, up to 16-seeded.
Range
DISTR. K7; T1, 3–8
Altitude range
0–1500 m.
Distribution
KENYA Kwale District Mwachi, 15 Jan. 1921, Butler 25 !KENYA Mombasa District Port Tudor, MacNaughton 53 ! & Miritini, 2 Jan. 1931, Thorold 1579 !TANGANYIKA Bukoba District Nyaishozi [Nyashozi], Dec. 1931, Haarer 2382!TANGANYIKA Morogoro, 3 Sept. 1930, Greenway 2504 !TANGANYIKA Songea District Likuyu R., 11 Apr. 1956, Milne-Redhead & Taylor 9582 !
Distribution (external)
; S. Congo
Rwanda
Mozambique
Malawi
Zambia
Rhodesia

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