Fabaceae
Argyrolobium

Argyrolobium arabicum (Decne.) Jaub. & Spach

First published in Ill. Pl. Orient. 1: 115 (1842)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is N. & NE. Africa to SW. Arabian Peninsula, S. Iran. It is an annual or subshrub and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Iran, Mauritania, Niger, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Sudan, Western Sahara, Yemen

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Boulos, L. (1999). Flora of Egypt 1: 1-419. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
  • 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.
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne.
  • Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (eds.) (1989 publ. 1990). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 3: 1-659. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Peyre de Fabregues, B. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1976). Catalogue des Plantes Vascularies du Niger: 1-433. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Milgahid, A.M. (1989). Flora of Saudi Arabia, ed. 3, 2: 1-282. University Libraries, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

International Legume Database and Information Service

  • Maire, R. (Quezel, P., Ed.) (1987). Flore de l'Afrique du Nord, Vol. 16. Dicots. Leguminosae, part.
  • Thulin, M. (1983). Opera Botanica 68:1-223. Leguminosae of Ethiopia

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1992 Bove [s.n.] Saudi Arabia K000264006 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1992 Bove [234] Saudi Arabia K000264005 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1966 Bove [235] Saudi Arabia K000264004 Type Yes
Ryding, O. [1461] Ethiopia K001319845 No
Friis, I. [6740] Ethiopia K001319841 No
Friis, I. [12187] Ethiopia K001319844 No
Ash, J. [2146] Ethiopia K001319842 No
Blair, I.J. [267] Sudan K001319839 No
Wood, J.R.I. [3357] Yemen K001319837 No
Palmer, C.E. [61] Egypt K001319836 No
Wickens, G.E. [1579] Sudan K001319840 No
Collenette, J.S. [8112] Saudi Arabia K001319832 No
Collenette, J.S. [1101] Saudi Arabia K001319835 No
Chaudhary, S. [3812] Saudi Arabia K001319831 No
Collenette, J.S. [9269] Saudi Arabia K001319833 No
Collenette, J.S. [2662] Saudi Arabia K001319834 No
Wood, J.R.I. [2707] Yemen K001319838 No
Friis, I. [10430] Ethiopia K001319843 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0