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Taxon:  Vigna heterophylla A. Rich.



Summary
Genus:
Vigna
Subgenus:
Vigna
Section:
Vigna
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Phaseoleae
Subtribe:
Phaseolinae
Nomen number:
41611
Place of publication:
Tent. fl. abyss. 1:218. 1847
Verified:
09/14/1987 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
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Reference(s)
  1. 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 28:172.
  2. Maxted, N. et al. 2004. An ecogeographic study African Vigna. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 119, 120. Note: this review commented on the close affinity to Vigna ambacensis probably being cospecific
  3. 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.
  4. Robyns, W. et al., eds. 1948-1963. Flore du Congo belge et du Ruanda-Urundi
  5. Thulin, M. 1983. Leguminosae of Ethiopia. Opera Bot. 68:1-223.
  6. Troupin, G. 1978-. Flore du Rwanda.
  7. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
  8. 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 AfricaKenya  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania s.
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda n.
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZambia  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCameroon  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCentral African Republic  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaDemocratic Republic of the Congo s.e.
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaRwanda  
Native
Africa
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania (s.), Uganda (n.)
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Central African Republic, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo (s.e.), Rwanda
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Zambia
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=41611. Accessed 15 May 2025.