Grona afra

Grona afra

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fabales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Desmodieae
Subtribus: Desmodiinae
Genus: Grona
Species: Grona afra

Name

Grona afra (E.Mey.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi, J. Jap. Bot. 94: 143. (2019)

• Note: Basionym epithet published as caffra, but now treated as an orthographical variant, Art. 61.6, ICN (Madrid).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Nicolsonia afra E.Mey. in Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr.: 123 (1836)
• Homotypic
  • Meibomia afra (E.Mey.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 197 (1891)
  • Desmodium afrum (E.Mey.) Druce in Rep. Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 1916: 619 (1917), nom. illeg.
• Heterotypic
  • Desmodium dregeanum Benth. in F.A.W.Miquel, Pl. Jungh.: 222 (1852)

References

Primary references

• Ohashi, H. & Ohashi, K. 2019. Desmodium (Leguminosae Tribe Desmodieae) of Africa, Madagascar and the Mascarene Islands. Journal of Japanese Botany [Shokubutsu Kenkyu Zasshi] 94(3): 135-148. ResearchGate Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Grona afra in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Oct. 4. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Grona afra. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 4 2025. Reference page.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Grona afra in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06. Reference page. 

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