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Taxon:  Vigna vexillata (L.) A. Rich. var. angustifolia (Schumach.) Baker



Summary
Genus:
Vigna
Subgenus:
Plectrotropis
Section:
Plectrotropis
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Phaseoleae
Subtribe:
Phaseolinae
Nomen number:
41650
Place of publication:
D. Oliver, Fl. trop. Afr. 2:200. 1871
Verified:
07/27/1987 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Vigna vexillata (L.) A. Rich. (0 active accession[s])
Vigna vexillata (L.) A. Rich. var. davyi (Bolus) B. J. Pienaar (0 active accession[s])
Vigna vexillata (L.) A. Rich. var. macrosperma Maréchal et al. (0 active accession[s])
Vigna vexillata (L.) A. Rich. var. ovata (E. Mey.) B. J. Pienaar (0 active accession[s])
Vigna vexillata (L.) A. Rich. var. vexillata (0 active accession[s])
Vigna vexillata (L.) A. Rich. var. youngiana F. M. Bailey (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Plectrotropis angustifolia Schumach.

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Reference(s)
  1. Plants of southern Africa: an online checklist.
  2. Aubréville, A. et al., eds. 1960-. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam.
  3. Berhaut, J. 1971-. Flore illustrée du Senegal.
  4. Brunel, J. F. et al., eds. 1984. Flore analytique du Togo. Phanerogames
  5. Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria. Australian plant census (APC) (on-line resource).
  6. Fatokun, C. A. et al. 1993. Molecular taxonomic relationships in the genus Vigna based on RFLP analysis. Theor. Appl. Genet. 86:97-104.
  7. Hara, H. et al. 1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
  8. Karuniawan, A. et al. 2006. Vigna vexillata (L.) A. Rich. cultivated as a root crop in Bali and Timor. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 53:213-217.
  9. Lebrun, J.-P. et al. 1972. Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Tchad meridional
  10. Maréchal, R. et al. 1978. Étude taxonomique d'un groupe complexe d'espèces des genres Phaseolus et Vigna (Papilionaceae) sur la base données morphologiques et polliniques, traitées par l'analyse informatique. Boissiera 28:204.
  11. Pienaar, B. J. & P. D. F. Kok. 1991. The Vigna vexillata complex (Fabaceae) in southern Africa. S. African J. Bot. 57:239.
  12. Robyns, W. et al., eds. 1948-1963. Flore du Congo belge et du Ruanda-Urundi
  13. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
  14. Verdcourt, B. 1979. A manual of New Guinea legumes.
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaChad  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaAngola  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMalawi  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaEswatini  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaKwaZulu-Natal 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaLimpopo 
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGhana  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGuinea  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaMali  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNiger  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaSenegal  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaTogo  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCameroon  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCentral African Republic  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaDemocratic Republic of the Congo  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentNepal  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaCambodia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaLaos  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalPapuasiaPapua New Guinea  
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNew South Wales 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNorthern Territory 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaQueensland 
6Other    probably native elsewhere in paleotropics
Native
Africa
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Chad
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Central African Republic, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Togo
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zimbabwe
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Eswatini, South Africa [KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo]
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Nepal
  • PAPUASIA: Papua New Guinea
  • INDO-CHINA: Cambodia, Laos
  • MALESIA: Indonesia
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland]
Other (probably native elsewhere in paleotropics)
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=41650. Accessed 15 May 2025.