Vigna lanceolata Benth. GRIN-Global

Summary

Genus:

Vigna

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Tribe:

Phaseoleae

Subtribe:

Phaseolinae

Nomen number:

419271

Place of publication:

T. L. Mitchell, J. exped. trop. Australia 350. 1848

Verified:

03/06/2003 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

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Reference(s)

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Lawn, R. J. & A. E. Holland. 2003. Variation in the Vigna lanceolata complex for traits of taxonomic, adaptive or agronomic interest. Austral. J. Bot. 51:295-308.
Lawn, R. J. & A. R. Watkinson. 2002. Habitats, morphological diversity, and distribution of the genus Vigna Savi in Australia. Austral. J. Agric. Res. 53:1305-1316.
Nubankoh, P. et al. 2015. Genetic diversity and population structure of pencil yam (Vigna lanceolata Benth.) (Phaseoleae, Fabaceae) - a wild herbaceous legume endemic to Australia - revealed by microsatellite markers. Botany 93:183-191. Note: it proposed that " the taxonomy of Vigna lanceolata should be revised"

Common names

English
Maloga-bean –
parsnip-bean –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note
1	Native	Australasia	Australia	Australia	New South Wales	n.e.
1	Native	Australasia	Australia	Australia	Northern Territory
1	Native	Australasia	Australia	Australia	Queensland
1	Native	Australasia	Australia	Australia	Western Australia	n.e.

Native
Australasia

AUSTRALIA: Australia [New South Wales (n.e.), Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia (n.e.)]