| Rhynchosia caribaea (Jacq.) DC. |
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| Family : FABACEAE |
Protologue : Prodr. (DC.) 2: 384 (1825)  |
| Information on the genus : Rhynchosia |
| Basionym : Glycine caribaea Jacq. |
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Status
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| Status for MA : | accepted (present) |
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| Status for NA : | accepted (present) |
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| Status for SA : | accepted (present) |
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Synonym(s) Homotypic |
 Glycine caribaea Jacq. (1786) |
| Rhynchosia caribaea (Jacq.) DC. var. caribaea |
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| 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. |
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| Taxon infra-specific |
| Rhynchosia caribaea (Jacq.) DC. var. caribaea |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Perennial twiner with slender sparsely to densely pubescent stems 2-4 m long. |
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| 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. |
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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. |
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Var. picta (E. Mey.) Meikle in S. Africa. |
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| Biol./Eco : |
Herb, Liana; Subarid; Thicket, Woodland; 0-499 m; distribution: Comoros, Africa, |
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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).
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| 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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| Record n°147832 |
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