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Rhynchosia caribaea (Jacq.) DC.
Family : FABACEAE
Protologue : Prodr. (DC.) 2: 384 (1825) 
Information on the genus : Rhynchosia
Basionym : Glycine caribaea Jacq.
 
 
Status
Status for MA : accepted (present)
Status for NA : accepted (present)
Status for SA : accepted (present)
Status for TA : accepted (present)
 
Synonym(s) Homotypic
 Glycine caribaea Jacq. (1786)
 Rhynchosia caribaea (Jacq.) DC. var. caribaea
 
Synonym(s) Heterotypic
=Rhynchosia congestiflora Schinz (1907)
=Rhynchosia gibba E. Mey.
=Rhynchosia acuminata Eckl. & Zeyh.
=*Rhynchosia flavissima auct.
=Rhynchosia gazensis Baker f.
=*Rhynchosia caribaea var. picta auct.
 
Taxon infra-specific
Rhynchosia caribaea (Jacq.) DC. var. caribaea
 
Ecology and distribution
Trop. Afr.
Biology : Perennial twiner with slender sparsely to densely pubescent stems 2-4 m long.
Ecology : Woodland on hillsides; Khaya-Parkia riverine association; often on termite mounds; evergreen shrub clumps; coastal thicket and dune vegetation of Mimusops, Ziziphus, Cardiogyne, Brachylaena, etc.; grassland; 0-1410 m alt.
  S. Africa. Introduced into Jamaica and Puerto Rico. - The type specimen (from seed grown in Vienna, Austria) was erroneously believed to originate from the Carribean.
  Var. picta (E. Mey.) Meikle in S. Africa.
Mada.
Biol./Eco : Herb, Liana; Subarid; Thicket, Woodland; 0-499 m; distribution: Comoros, Africa,

Bibliography for North Africa :
  • HANSEN, A. & P. SUNDING (1993). Flora of Macaronesia. Checklist of vascular plants. 4. revised edition Sommerfeltia 17: 1-295
  • List. Esp. Sylv. Canarias : 110 (2004).
 
More info on :
see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative
see under chg
see under Catalogue de Madagascar
see under Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden
see under Herbarium, North Africa MPU
 
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