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Rhynchosia hirta (Andrews) Meikle & Verdc.
Family : FABACEAE
Protologue : Taxon 16: 462 (1967)
Information on the genus : Rhynchosia
Basionym : Dolichos hirtus Andrews
 
 
Status
Status for SA : accepted (present)
Status for TA : accepted (present)
 
Synonym(s) Homotypic
 Dolichos hirtus Andrews
 
Synonym(s) Heterotypic
=Rhynchosia albiflora (Sims) Alston
=Cylista albiflora Sims
=Rhynchosia cyanosperma Baker
=*Rhynchosia albidiflora auct.
=Cylista villosa Aiton (1812)
 
Ecology and distribution
Trop. Afr.
Biology : Creeper or climber 2-8 m long, the main stems to 8 mm Ø; stems covered with dense short ferruginous hairs, later glabrescent.
Ecology : Forest edges; grassland with scattered trees; hillside bushland; cultivations; dry forest; swampy and gallery forest; regrowths; fallow land; scrub; Brachystegia woodland; sometimes on termite mounds; 150-1800 m alt.
  Considerably variable species.
  S. Africa; Mascarene Islands; Sri Lanka, India.

Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
  • Cat. Pl. Vasc. Burkina Faso:244 (2012)
  • Darbyshire, I. Kordofami, M. & al. (2015). The plants of Sudan and South Sudan, An annoted checklist. Kew Publishing
  • César J. & C. Chatelain (2019). Flore illustrée du Tchad. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de Genève, Coopération Suisse & Univ. N'Djaména

Bibliography other :
  • S. African J. 81: 124-127 (2012).
 
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