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Taxon:  Vigna frutescens A. Rich.



Summary
Genus:
Vigna
Subgenus:
Vigna
Section:
Liebrechtsia
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Phaseoleae
Subtribe:
Phaseolinae
Nomen number:
70840
Place of publication:
Tent. fl. abyss. 1:218. 1847
Verified:
09/04/1987 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Vigna frutescens A. Rich. subsp. frutescens var. buchneri (Harms) Verdc. (0 active accession[s])
Vigna frutescens A. Rich. subsp. frutescens var. frutescens (0 active accession[s])
Vigna frutescens A. Rich. subsp. incana (Taub.) Verdc. (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Reference(s)
  1. Brunel, J. F. et al., eds. 1984. Flore analytique du Togo. Phanerogames
  2. Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
  3. 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 28:188.
  4. Thulin, M. 1983. Leguminosae of Ethiopia. Opera Bot. 68:1-223.
  5. Troupin, G. 1978-. Flore du Rwanda.
  6. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
  7. 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  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudan  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaAngola  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMalawi  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZambia  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaBotswana  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaTogo  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaBurundi  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCameroon  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaDemocratic Republic of the Congo  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaRwanda  
Native
Africa
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia, Sudan
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Burundi, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Nigeria, Togo
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana
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=70840. Accessed 15 May 2025.