Vigna parkeri Baker Subsp. maranguensis (Taubert)Verdc.

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Status: Accepted
Genus: Vigna Savi
Tribe: Phaseoleae
Rank: Subsp.
Subspecies: maranguensis
Subspecies authority: (Taubert)Verdc.
References: [210]

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Other names:

• Dolichos maranguensis Taubert [Synonym] [280]
  
• Vigna gracilis sensu auct. [Misapplied] [210]
  
• Vigna maranguensis (Taubert)Harms [Synonym] [280]
  

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Descriptors:

• Habit:
  • Herb
• Lifespan:
  • Perennial
• Stems:
  • Climbing
  • Not climbing
• Source(s):
  • 1988(Africa)Lock JM
• Further editing:
  • 2001-06 Pasquet RS
• Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator:
  • 2001-06 Pasquet RS
• Conservation Status:
  • Not Threatened

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Uses:

• Forage [230]
  

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Geographical Distribution:

• Africa
  • Burundi [8]
  • Cameroon [336]
  • Ethiopia [210]
  • Kenya [210]
  • Rwanda [210]
  • Tanzania [210]
  • Uganda [210]
  • Zaire [210]
  • Zambia [336]

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Notes:

• May occur Angola (FTEA,ref.210, & Verdcourt, ref.280).
  
• Records for Cameroun (FWTA,ref.212)are not of typical material (FTEA,ref.210).
  
• Cameroun records regarded as this taxon by Marechal et al (ref.336).
  

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Last Update: 14/06/2001 13:00:12