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Taxon:  Vigna reticulata Hook. f.



Summary
Genus:
Vigna
Subgenus:
Vigna
Section:
Reticulatae
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Phaseoleae
Subtribe:
Phaseolinae
Nomen number:
41635
Place of publication:
W. J. Hooker, Niger Fl. 310. 1849
Comment:
authorship verified from original literature
Verified:
03/07/2014 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
3 (3  active, 3  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Reference(s)
  1. Andrews, F. W. The flowering plants of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. 1950-1956
  2. Berhaut, J. Flore illustrée du Senegal. 1971-
  3. Boudet, G. et al. Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali. 1986
  4. Brunel, J. F. et al., eds. Flore analytique du Togo. Phanerogames. 1984
  5. Carrisso, L. W. et al., eds. Conspectus florae angolensis. 1937-
  6. Corby, H. D. L. 1974. Systematic implications of nodulation among Rhodesian legumes. Kirkia 9(2):301-329.
  7. Jardim e Museu Agricola do Ultramar, Portugal. Flora da Guine Portuguesa. 1971-1973
  8. Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2. 1953-1972
  9. Lebrun, J.-P. et al. Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Tchad meridional. 1972
  10. 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 28:184.
  11. Robyns, W. et al., eds. Flore du Congo belge et du Ruanda-Urundi. 1948-63
  12. Thulin, M. Leguminosae of Ethiopia. Opera Bot. 68:1-223. 1983
  13. Troupin, G. Flore du Rwanda. 1978-
  14. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-
  15. Vijaykumar, A. et al. 2010. Phylogenetic analysis of subgenus Vigna species using nuclear ribosomal RNA ITS: Evidence of hybridization among Vigna unguiculata subspecies. J. Heredity 101:177-188.
  16. Vijaykumar, A. et al. 2010. Phylogenetic analysis of subgenus Vigna species using nuclear ribosomal RNA ITS: Evidence of hybridization among Vigna unguiculata subspecies. J. Heredity 101:177-188.
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaChad  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudan  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaAngola  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMalawi  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZambia  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaCôte D'Ivoire  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGhana  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGuinea-Bissau  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaMali  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaSenegal  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaSierra Leone  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaTogo  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaBurundi  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCameroon  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCentral African Republic  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaRwanda  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaZaire  
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanMadagascar  
Native
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia, Sudan, Chad
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Côte D'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Burundi, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Rwanda, Zaire
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Madagascar
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=41635. Accessed 25 April 2025.

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