Taxon:  Abrus melanospermus Hassk. subsp. tenuiflorus (Spruce ex Benth.) D. K. Harder



Summary
Genus:
Abrus
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Abreae
Nomen number:
437235
Place of publication:
Novon 10:124.  2000
Verified:
11/01/2005 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Abrus melanospermus Hassk. (0 active accession[s])
Abrus melanospermus Hassk. subsp. melanospermus (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Abrus tenuiflorus Spruce ex Benth.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Abrus pulchellus Wall. ex Thwaites subsp. tenuiflorus (Spruce ex Benth.) Verdc.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Abrus stictosperma Berhaut

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Reference(s)
  1. Harder, D. K. 2000. Typification and new combinations in Abrus Adanson (Fabaceae, Faboideae, Abreae). Novon 10:124.
  2. Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist Note: = Abrus pulchellus subsp. tenuiflorus (Benth.) Verdc.
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudan  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaAngola  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGhana  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaLiberia  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaSenegal  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaSierra Leone  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaTogo  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCameroon  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaEquatorial Guinea  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaZaire  
4NaturalizedSouthern America South America  
Native
Africa
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia, Sudan
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Tanzania, Uganda
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Zaire
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Mozambique
Naturalized
Southern America
  • REGION: South America
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grinczech.vurv.cz/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=437235. Accessed 18 May 2024.