Sphenostylis stenocarpa

Sphenostylis stenocarpa

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Phaseoleae
Subtribus: Phaseolinae
Genus: Sphenostylis
Species: Sphenostylis stenocarpa

Name

Sphenostylis stenocarpa (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Harms, 1899

Synonyms

• Dolichos stenocarpus Hochst. ex A.Rich.
• Sphenostylis congensis A.Chev., Bull. Soc. Nat. Accl. France, 60: 421 (1913), et Bull. Soc. Bot. France, 61: Mem. 8, 257 (1917)
• Vigna ornata Welw. ex Baker, Oliv., Fl. Trop. Afr. 2: 203 (1871)
• Vigna stenocarpa Taub.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: Eastern Africa Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Introduced into: Burkina References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Harms, H., 1899. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie. Leipzig 26:{BHLpage|165300|309}}.

Additional references

• van der Maesen, L.J.G. & Sosef, M.S.M. (2016). Flore du Gabon 49: 1-407. Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
• Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Sphenostylis stenocarpa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 23. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Sphenostylis stenocarpa. Published online. Accessed: May 23 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Sphenostylis stenocarpa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 May 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Sphenostylis stenocarpa. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 23. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Sphenostylis stenocarpa. Accessed: 23 May 2021.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Sphenostylis stenocarpa in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: African yam

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