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Abrus pulchellus ssp. tenuiflorus (Benth.)Verdc.

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HIGHER TAXON: Abreae

GENUS: Abrus Adans.

Abrus pulchellus ssp. tenuiflorus (Benth.)Verdc. [Preferred name]
    Abrus tenuiflorus Benth. {Synonym}

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Angola (N) [270]; Cameroon (N) [270]; Equatorial Guinea (N) [270]; Ethiopia (N) [24]; Ghana (N) [270]; Guinea (N) [270]; Liberia (N) [270]; Mozambique (N) [270]; Nigeria (N) [270]; Senegal (N) [270]; Sierra Leone (N) [270]; Sudan (N) [270]; Tanzania (N) [270]; Togo (N) [23]; Uganda (N) [270]; Zaire (N) [270]
  Indian Ocean
Madagascar (N) [3402]
  South America
Brazil (U) [1788]; Colombia (I) [2676]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Guineo-Congolian forest. [210];
    Lake Victoria regional mosaic; forest. [210];
    Somalia-Masai forest [210];
    Zambezian forest [210];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [210, 3402]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing [3402] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Herb [3402], Shrub [3402] ; Lifespan: Perennial [3402] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1990 (Americas Update) Zarucchi JL, 1991-1994 Allkin R & Verdcourt B, 2003-11 (Madagascar) Novoselova MS extract, 2005 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H (JS2005)

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

23.

  Ern, H., 1984
    Leguminosae. In:Flore analytique du Togo.Brunel,J.F. et al.

24.

  Thulin, M., 1983
    Opera Botanica 68:1-223.Leguminosae of Ethiopia

210.

  Gillett, J.B. et al., 1971
    Papilionoideae.In:Fl.Trop.E.Africa,Milne-Redhead & Polhill

270.

  Verdcourt, B., 1970
    Kew Bull.24:235-307. Studies in FTEA Leg.-Pap.: II

1788.

  Lewis, G.P. & Owen, P.E., 1989
    Legumes Ilha de Maraca

2676.

  Verdcourt, B., 1994
    Personal communication.

3402.

  Du Puy, D.J. et al., 2002
    The Leguminosae of Madagascar. RBG Kew.
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