Fabaceae
Tephrosia
Tephrosia purpurea

Tephrosia purpurea subsp. purpurea

This subspecies is accepted
The native range of this subspecies is W. Tropical Africa to Arabian Peninsula and Angola, Comoros, Madagascar, Tropical & Subtropical Asia to S. Pacific. It is an annual, perennial or subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, Congo, Djibouti, East Himalaya, Fiji, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf States, Hainan, India, Iran, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Laccadive Is., Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Niue, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Society Is., South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Tubuai Is., Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., West Himalaya

Introduced into:

Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Colombia, Cook Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Hawaii, Jamaica, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Marquesas, Maryland, Mauritius, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Puerto Rico, Rodrigues, Réunion, Seychelles, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Venezuela, Windward Is., Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Balslev, H. & Chantaranothai, P. (2020). Flora of Thailand 4(3.2): 373-487. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department.

Kew Backbone Distributions

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  • Christopherson, E. (1935). Flowering Plants of Samoa. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 128: 1-221.
  • Du Puy, D.J., Labat, N.-N., Rabevohitra, R., Villiers, J.-F., Bosser, J. & Moat, J. (2002). The Leguminosae of Madagascar: 1-737. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Dy Phon, P. (2000). Dictionnaire des plantes utilisées au Cambodge: 1-915. Chez l'auteur, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Forzza, R.C., Zappi, D. & Souza, V.C. (2016-continuously updated). Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção http://reflora.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/listaBrasil/ConsultaPublicaUC/ResultadoDaConsultaNovaConsulta.do.
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  • Guillaumin, A. (1948). Compendium de la Flore Phanérogamique des Nouvelles Hébrides. Annales de l'Institut Botanico-Geologique de Marseille, VI, 5-6: 1-56.
  • Hallé, N. (1980). Les Orchidees de Tubuai (archipel des Australes, Sud Polynesie), suivies d'un catalogue des plantes a fleurs et fougeres des iles Australes. Cahiers de l'Indo-Pacifique 2(3): 69-130.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
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International Legume Database and Information Service

  • Ambasta, S. P. (1986). The useful plants of India
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  • Jain, S. K. (1991). Dictionary of Indian Folk Medicine and Ethnobotany
  • Polhill, R, M. (1990). Legumineuses. In: Flore des Mascareignes, Vol 80. J. Bosser et a
  • Robertson, S. A. (1989). Flowering Plants of Seychelles. Kew
  • Rudd, V. E. (1991). A Revised Handbook of the Flora of Ceylon 7: 108-381.
  • Saxena, H. O. & Brahman, M. (1994). The Flora of Orissa (Ranunculaceae to Fabaceae)
  • Strahm, W. (1989). Plant Red Data Book for Rodrigues

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jul 13, 2012 Coradin, L.; Silva, G.P.; Vieira, J.G.A.; Souza, F.B.; Harley, R.; Baker, R. [5846] Brazil K000188146 Yes
Jul 1, 2012 Lewis, G.P. [1362] Brazil K000188156 Yes
Jul 1, 2012 Giulietti, A.M.; Harley, R.M. [1574] Brazil K000188159 Yes
Jan 1, 2007 Barthelat, F. [1535] Mayotte K000635332 Yes
Jan 1, 1997 Silva, G.P.; Medeiros, A.C.S.; Way, M. [2463] Brazil K000188154 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Queiroz, L.P.; Vidal, C.A. [4314] Brazil K000188150 Yes
Jan 1, 1994 Queiroz, L.P.; Nascimento, N.S.; Crepaldi, I.C. [3804] Brazil K000188151 Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Queiroz, L.P.; Bastos, V.L.; Crepaldi, I.C. [3126] Brazil K000188149 Yes
Jul 1, 1991 Brito, H.S.; Lewis, G.P. [299] Brazil K000188152 Yes
Aug 1, 1983 Guedes, L.S. [559] Brazil K000188153 Yes
Mar 1, 1983 Pickersgill, B.; Barrett, D.A.Lima,S.C.H.; Hill, R.A. [RU72465] Brazil K000188155 Yes
Oct 1, 1966 Roxburgh, W. [s.n.] K000848880 Unknown Type Material Yes
Oct 1, 1966 Wallich [5643] K000848881 Unknown Type Material Yes
Oct 1, 1966 Rottler, J.P. [s.n.] K000848879 Unknown Type Material Yes
Dr. Lowrey [29] Dominica K003990362 No
Mar 19, 2005 Brown, R. [5100] Australia Tephrosia purpurea var. laxa K000217130 Syntype Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Australia Tephrosia purpurea var. laxa K000217131 Syntype Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Australia Tephrosia purpurea var. laxa K000217129 Syntype Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5473] Burma Indigofera flexuosa K001121037 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 5646] Burma Tephrosia lobata K001121563 Unknown Type Material Yes
Taylor, R. [Cat. no. 5637] Iran Tephrosia taylorii K001121533 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5639] Tephrosia stricta K001121539 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5639] Tephrosia stricta K001121540 Unknown Type Material Yes
Nuttall [s.n.] Tephrosia piscatoria K003845498 No
Beechey, F.W. [s.n.] United States Tephrosia piscatoria K001790684 No
Barclay [s.n.] Fiji Tephrosia piscatoria K001790685 No
Barclay [s.n.] Tephrosia piscatoria K001088014 Yes
AM. [70] Tonga Tephrosia piscatoria K003845539 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5641] Tephrosia mitchellii K001121544 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mitchell [Cat. no. 5641] Tephrosia mitchellii K001121543 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5643] Tephrosia tinctoria K001121552 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5643] India Tephrosia tinctoria K001121550 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5643] India Tephrosia tinctoria K001121551 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5643] Tephrosia tinctoria K001121549 Unknown Type Material Yes
leg. ign. [s.n.] Australia Tephrosia lineata K000217097 Yes
Mar 19, 2005 Bidwill [84] Australia Tephrosia purpurea var. brevidens K000217065 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5635] Burma Tephrosia parviflora K001121527 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5642] India Tephrosia parviflora K001121547 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5642] Tephrosia parviflora K001121548 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5642] Tephrosia parviflora K001121546 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5635] Burma Tephrosia parviflora K001121528 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5642] India Tephrosia parviflora K001121545 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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