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Taxon:  Vigna gracilis (Guill. & Perr.) Hook. f.



Summary
Genus:
Vigna
Subgenus:
Vigna
Section:
Vigna
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Phaseoleae
Subtribe:
Phaseolinae
Nomen number:
41610
Place of publication:
J. D. Hooker & G. Bentham in W. J. Hooker, Niger Fl. 311. 1849
Comment:
authorship verified from original literature
Verified:
03/11/1987 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
Basionym
Dolichos gracilis Guill. & Perr.

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Reference(s)
  1. Adam, J.-G. 1971-. Flore descriptive des monts Nimba.
  2. Berhaut, J. 1971-. Flore illustrée du Senegal.
  3. Boudet, G. et al. 1986. Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali
  4. Carrisso, L. W. et al., eds. 1937-. Conspectus florae angolensis.
  5. Galasso, I. et al. 1996. Cytotaxonomic studies in Vigna III. Chromosomal distribution and reacting properties of the heterochromatin in five wild species of the section Vigna. Caryologia 49:311-319. Note: 2n=22
  6. Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
  7. 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 28:175.
  8. Maxted, N. et al. 2004. An ecogeographic study African Vigna. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 39, 133-137. Note: International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI)
  9. Pasquet, R. S. & T. Vanderborgth. 1999. Isozyme polymorphism in some yellow- and blue-flowered Vigna species complexes (Fabaceae, Phaseoleae). Pl. Syst. Evol. 215:1-21. Note: as a blue-flowered species
  10. Pasquet, R. S. et al. 1999. Isozyme diversity in Bambara groundnut. Crop Sci. (Madison) 39:1228-1236.
  11. Robyns, W. et al., eds. 1948-1963. Flore du Congo belge et du Ruanda-Urundi
  12. Vijaykumar, A. et al. 2010. Phylogenetic analysis of subgenus Vigna species using nuclear ribosomal RNA ITS: Evidence of hybridization among Vigna unguiculata subspecies. J. Heredity 101:177-188.
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaAngola n.w.
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMalawi  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaBenin  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaCôte D'Ivoire  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGambia  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGuinea  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGuinea-Bissau  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaLiberia  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaMali  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaSenegal  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaSierra Leone  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCameroon  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCentral African Republic  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCongo  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaDemocratic Republic of the Congo  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaGabon  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaRwanda  
Native
Africa
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Uganda
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Central African Republic, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo, Gabon, Rwanda
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Benin, Côte D'Ivoire, Guinea, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola (n.w.), Mozambique, Malawi, Zimbabwe
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=41610. Accessed 15 May 2025.