Fabaceae
Vigna

Vigna parkeri Baker

First published in J. Bot. 20: 69 (1882)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa, Madagascar. It is a climbing annual or perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre

Introduced into:

Marianas, New Guinea

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Du Puy, D.J., Labat, N.-N., Rabevohitra, R., Villiers, J.-F., Bosser, J. & Moat, J. (2002). The Leguminosae of Madagascar: 1-737. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lepschi, B. & Monro, A. (Project Coordinators) (2014). Australian Plant Census (APC) Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria. http://www.anbg.gov.au/chah/apc/index.html.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lorence, D.H. & Wagnwe, W.L. (2020). Flora of the Marquesas Islands 2: 413-1135. National Tropical Botanic Garden, Smithsonian, DRPF.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Du Puy, D.J., Labat, N.-N., Rabevohitra, R., Villiers, J.-F., Bosser, J. & Moat, J. (2002). The Leguminosae of Madagascar: 1-737. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • Lebrun, J.P., Toutain, B., Gaston, A. & Boudet, G. (1991). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Burkina Faso: 1-341. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Lock, J.M. & Ford, C.S. (2004). Legumes of Malesia a Check-List: 1-295. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Mackinder, B., Pasquet, R., Polhill, R. & Verdcourt, B. (2001). Flora Zambesiaca 3(5): 1-261. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Bak. in Journal of Botany 20: 69 (1882).
  • Verdc. in Kew Bulletin 24: 529 (1970).

International Legume Database and Information Service

  • Du Puy, D. J. et al. (2002). The Leguminosae of Madagascar. RBG Kew.
  • Gillett, J. B. et al. (1971). Papilionoideae. In: Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Milne-Redhead & Polhill
  • Verdcourt, B. (1979). A Manual of New Guinea Legumes. Office of Forests, Lae, PNG

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Dec 1, 2003 Pollard, B.J. [689] Cameroon K000746560 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001360098 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K000514683 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001360094 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001360104 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Madagascar K001362394 Yes
Parker, G.W. [s.n.] Madagascar K000263469 Holotype Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001360128 Yes
Parker, G.W. [s.n.] Madagascar K000263470 Type Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001360105 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001360107 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001360127 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357447 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357445 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357444 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001360097 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001360103 Yes
Faulkner, H.G. [3289] K000263441 Holotype Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357448 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001360100 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001360106 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001360092 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001360096 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001360099 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001360108 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001360091 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K001357446 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001360095 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001360093 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001360129 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001360102 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001360101 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/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