Fabaceae
Macrotyloma
Macrotyloma biflorum

Macrotyloma biflorum var. biflorum

This variety is accepted
The native range of this variety is W. Tropical Africa to Ethiopia and Zambia. It is a climbing perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, Zambia, Zaïre

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Aké Assi, L. (2001). Flore de la Côte-d'Ivoire: catalogue systématique, biogéographie et écologie. I. Boissiera 57: 1-396.
  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(1): 1-85. ORSTROM, Bangui.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Catarino, L., Sampaio Martins, E., Pinto-Basto, M.F. & Diniz, M.A. (2006). Plantas Vasculares e Briófitos da Guiné-Bissau: 1-298. Instituto de investigação científica tropical, Instituto Português de apoio ao desenvolvimento.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Lebrun, J.-P., Audru, J., Gaston, A. & Mosnier, M. (1972). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Tchad Méridional: 1-289. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.
  • Walters, G., Dauby, G., Stévart, T., Dessein, S., Niangadouma, R. & Lachenaud, O. (2011). Novitates Gabonenses 80. Additions and corrections to the flora of Gabon. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 68: 423-442.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 1, 1952 Barter, C. [1591] Nigeria Macrotyloma chrysanthum K000263628 Type Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Cameroon Macrotyloma chrysanthum K001355004 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Macrotyloma chrysanthum K001355012 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Cameroon Macrotyloma chrysanthum K001355006 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Central African Republic Macrotyloma chrysanthum K001355018 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Macrotyloma chrysanthum K001355010 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Macrotyloma chrysanthum K001355009 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Macrotyloma chrysanthum K001355008 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Macrotyloma chrysanthum K001355014 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Cameroon Macrotyloma chrysanthum K001355007 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Macrotyloma chrysanthum K001355011 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Macrotyloma chrysanthum K001355013 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Central African Republic Macrotyloma chrysanthum K001355017 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Macrotyloma chrysanthum K001355015 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Central African Republic Macrotyloma chrysanthum K001355019 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Central African Republic Macrotyloma chrysanthum K001355002 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Macrotyloma chrysanthum K001355016 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Cameroon Macrotyloma chrysanthum K001355005 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Cameroon Macrotyloma chrysanthum K001355003 Yes

Sources

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical 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/

  • 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