Eriosema parviflorum E.Meyer

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Status: Accepted
Genus: Eriosema (DC.)G.Don
Tribe: Phaseoleae
References: [210][1915]

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Other names:

• Cytisus glomeratus Bojer [Synonym] [1915]
  

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Descriptors:

• Habit:
  • Herb
• Lifespan:
  • Perennial
• Stems:
  • Not climbing
• Source(s):
  • 1988(Africa)Lock JM
  • 1993(Indian Ocean)Lock JM & Ireland H
• Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator:
  • 2001-03 van der Maesen, LJG
• Conservation Status:
  • Not Threatened

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Geographical Distribution:

• Africa
  • Cameroon [210]
  • Central African Rep. [313]
  • Congo [313]
  • Equatorial Guinea-ISO [271]
  • Gabon [271]
  • Ghana [271]
  • Ivory Coast [313]
  • Kenya [210]
  • Liberia [271]
  • Mozambique [210]
  • Nigeria [271]
  • Rwanda [220]
  • Sierra Leone [271]
  • South Africa [210] [317]
  • Tanzania [210]
  • Uganda [210]
  • Zaire [210]
  • Zambia [210]

• Indian Ocean [1915] [3052]
  • Madagascar [1915]
  • Mauritius [3052]

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Notes:

• Recorded from Angola in CFA (ref 216), but not in Verdcourt 1971 (ref.271).
  
• Two subspecies, parviflorum & podostachyum (FTEA, ref.210).
  
• Presence on Mauritius not confirmed by Polhill (1990). [1915]
  

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Last Update: 14/06/2001 12:58:32