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Pseudoeriosema borianii subsp. borianii [family LEGUMINOSAE]

Date Updated: 26 July 2007

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 3, Part 5, (2001) Author: B. Mackinder, R. Pasquet, R. Polhill and B. Verdcourt
Names
Pseudoeriosema borianii subsp. borianii [family LEGUMINOSAE] Glycine borianii Schweinf. Baker [family LEGUMINOSAE], in F.T.A. 2: 180 (1871). —E.G. Baker, Legum. Trop. Africa: 360 (1929). Rhynchosia grantii Baker [family LEGUMINOSAE], in F.T.A. 2: 223 (1871). —Oliver in Trans. Linn. Soc., London 29: 61 (1872). Type from Uganda.
Information
Indumentum whitish. Inflorescences shorter and more condensed; rhachis 0.7–2 cm long; peduncle 0.2–1.5(3) cm long. Standard 5–6 × 2.5–3 mm.
Habitat
Miombo and mixed deciduous woodland, with Acacia and Lonchocarpus, and in grassland on black cotton clay soils
Altitude range
590–1200 m. 1200 590
Distribution
Zambia S Kafue Pilot Polder, Kafue Basin Survey, fl. & fr. 6.ii.1963, van Rensburg 1323 (K).Malawi C Dedza Distr., Mtakataka (Ntakataka), fr. 10.iv.1969, Salubeni 1300 (K; SRGH).Zambia C Chisamba, Dunbar’s Vlei, fl. & fr. 27.ii.1933, Michelmore 681 (K).
Distribution (external)
Dem. Rep. Congo Sudan Ethiopia Uganda Tanzania
Notes
Subsp. longipedunculatum Verdc., often with a denser ferruginous indumentum, and with the rhachis up to 3 cm long, peduncles up to 5 cm long and standard 7–7.5 × 3.5–4.5 mm, is restricted to the coastal regions of Kenya and Tanzania.
Pseudoeriosema borianii subsp. borianii [family LEGUMINOSAE]
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