Vigna ambacensis Welw. ex Baker GRIN-Global

Taxon: Vigna ambacensis Welw. ex Baker

Summary

Genus:

Vigna

Subgenus:

Vigna

Section:

Vigna

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Tribe:

Phaseoleae

Subtribe:

Phaseolinae

Nomen number:

41597

Place of publication:

D. Oliver, Fl. trop. Afr. 2:201. 1871

Verified:

09/04/1987 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

4 (4 active, 4 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Heterotypic Synonym(s)

Vigna ambacensis Welw. ex Baker var. pubigera (Baker) Marechal et al.
Vigna pubigera Baker
Vigna stuhlmannii Harms

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Reference(s)

Berhaut, J. Flore illustrée du Senegal. 1971-
Boudet, G. et al. Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali. 1986
Brunel, J. F. et al., eds. Flore analytique du Togo. Phanerogames. 1984
Carrisso, L. W. et al., eds. Conspectus florae angolensis. 1937-
Jardim e Museu Agricola do Ultramar, Portugal. Flora da Guine Portuguesa. 1971-1973
Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2. 1953-1972
Lebrun, J.-P. et al. Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Tchad meridional. 1972
Lock, J. M. Legumes of Africa: a checklist. 1989
Maréchal, R. et al. 1978. Étude taxonomique d'un groupe complexe d'espèces des genres Phaseolus et Vigna (Papilionaceae) sur la base données morphologiques et polliniques, traitées par l'analyse informatique. Boissiera 28:171.
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Pasquet, R. S. & T. Vanderborgth. 1999. Isozyme polymorphism in some yellow- and blue-flowered Vigna species complexes (Fabaceae, Phaseoleae). Pl. Syst. Evol. 215:1-21.
Pasquet, R. S. & T. Vanderborgth. 1999. Isozyme polymorphism in some yellow- and blue-flowered Vigna species complexes (Fabaceae, Phaseoleae). Pl. Syst. Evol. 215:1-21.
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Common names

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country
1	Native	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Kenya
1	Native	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Tanzania
1	Native	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Uganda
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Chad
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Ethiopia
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Sudan
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Angola
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Malawi
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Benin
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Ghana
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Guinea
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Guinea-Bissau
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Mali
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Niger
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Nigeria
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Senegal
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Togo
1	Native	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Burundi
1	Native	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Cameroon
1	Native	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Central African Republic
1	Native	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Zaire

Native
Africa

EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia, Sudan, Chad
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Malawi
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Benin, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Burundi, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Zaire

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=41597. Accessed 25 April 2025.