Fabaceae

Stylosanthes Sw.

First published in Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 108 (1788)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Central & E. U.S.A. to Tropical America, Africa to Arabian Peninsula, India, Sri Lanka.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arkansas, Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Cayman Is., Central African Repu, Chad, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Delaware, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Florida, French Guiana, Gabon, Galápagos, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Illinois, India, Iowa, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Kentucky, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Leeward Is., Liberia, Louisiana, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Maryland, Mauritania, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Missouri, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Jersey, New York, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Carolina, Northern Provinces, Oklahoma, Oman, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Carolina, Southwest Caribbean, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Uganda, Uruguay, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Virginia, West Virginia, Windward Is., Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Assam, Bangladesh, Caroline Is., China Southeast, Christmas I., Cook Is., Fiji, Hainan, Hawaii, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Marquesas, Mauritius, Nauru, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, Rodrigues, Réunion, South Australia, Taiwan, Thailand, Western Australia

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Carvalho da Costa, L., Sartori, A.L.B. & Pott, A. (2008). Estudo taxonômico de Stylosanthes (Leguminosae-Papilionoideae-Dalbergieae) em Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil. Rodriguésia 59: 547-572.
  • Vanni, R.O. (2017). The genus Stylosanthes (Fabaceae, Papilionoideae, Dalbergieae) in South America. Boletín de la Sociedad Argentina de Botánica 52: 549-585.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —F.T.A. 2: 155.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Fl. Ind. Occid. 3: 1280, t. 25 (1806).
  • Mohlenbrock in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 44: 299 (1957)
  • Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. Prodr.: 108 (1788)
  • Verdcourt in Kirkia 9: 492 (1974).
  • in J. S. African Bot. 31: 95 (1965).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Fl. Ind. Occ. 3: 1280, t. 25 (1806)
  • Mohlenbrock in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 44: 299 (1957)
  • Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 108 (1788)
  • in Journ. S. Afr. Bot. 31: 95 (1965)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2007 Delprete, P.G.; Gomes-Klein, V.L.; Yano, O. [9603] Brazil K000908866 Yes
Sep 1, 1999 Fernald, M.L.; Long, B. [8321] United States K000264212 Type Yes
Sep 1, 1999 Glaziou, A. [19033] Brazil K000908751 Yes
Jan 1, 1998 Ganev, W. [851] Brazil K000908862 Yes
Nov 7, 1978 Hassler, E. [2834] Paraguay K000264199 Isotype Yes
Jul 27, 1978 Rowman [s.n.] K001088628 Yes
Jul 27, 1978 Sallé [s.n.] Mexico K001088627 Yes
Silva, J.M.; Cavalcante, P.B. [52237] Brazil K000908860 Yes
Balslev, H.; Leeratiwong, C.; Bergmann, B.; Panyadee P.; Satthaphorn, J.; Sutjaritjal, N.; Guntiya, N.; Trongdechakraiwut, T. [9614] Thailand K001765244 Yes
Matinelli, G.; Lima, T.; Moraes, L. [19111] Brazil K001891164 No
Balslev, H. [9571] Thailand K001572625 Yes
Arbo, M.M.; Mello-Silva, R.; Vicente, J. [5729] Brazil K000092476 Yes
Carvalho, J.H.de; Nascimento, M.S.B. [627] Brazil K000908894 Yes
Heringer, E.P.; Filgueiras, T.S.; Mendonça, R.C.; Pereira, B.A.S.; Salles, A.E.H.; Silva, F.C. [4298] Brazil K000908871 Yes
Heringer, E.P.; Filgueiras, T.S.; Mendonça, R.C.; Pereira, B.A.S. [s.n.] Brazil K000908873 Yes
Giulietti, A.M.; Batista, H.P.; Stam, G.; Guedes, M.L. [797] Brazil K000908890 Yes
Darbyshire, I.; Osborne, J.; Datizua, C.; Langa, C.; Zandamela, J.; Macuacua, A. (guide) [1185] Mozambique K001346510 No
Balslev, H.; Leeratiwong, C.; Bergmann, B.; Panyadee P.; Satthaphorn, J.; Sutjaritjal, N.; Guntiya, N.; Trongdechakraiwut, T. [9629] Thailand K001765223 Yes
Guedes, M.L.; Orlandi, R.; Stradmann, M.T.S.; Poveda, A. [480] Brazil K000908880 Yes
Heringer, E.P. [18317] Brazil K000908868 Yes
Orlandi, R.; Stradmann, M.T.S.; Poveda, A.; Guedes, M.L. [0530] Brazil K000908885 Yes
Delprete, P.G.; Francener, A.; Guimarães, T.M.; Vieira, R. [10256] Brazil K000908865 Yes
Balslev, H.; Leeratiwong, C.; Bergmann, B.; Panyadee, P.; Sattaphorn, J.; Sutjaritjai, N.; Guntiya, N.; Trongdechakraiwut, T [9589] Thailand K001572455 Yes
Coradin, L.; Silva, G.P.; Penteado, M.I.O.; Costa, N.M.S. [7938] Brazil K000908897 Yes
Delprete, P.G.; Bosquetti, L.B. [9650] Brazil K000908884 Yes
Hatschbach, G.G.; Hatschbach, M.; Ribas, O.S.; Carneiro, J. [75238] Brazil K000908877 Yes
Poveda, A.; Guedes, M.L.; Orlandi, R.; Stradmann, M.T.S. [0465] Brazil K000908874 Yes
Melchor-Castro, RB; Arista, P.; Balvin, R [1270] Peru K001612338 No
Guedes, M.L.; Orlandi, R.; Stradmann, M.T.S.; Poveda, A. [600] Brazil K000908883 Yes
Ribas, O.S.; Pereira, L.B.S. [1778] Brazil K000908895 Yes
Balslev, H. [9587] Thailand K001572608 Yes
Meireles, J.E.; Aona, L.; Gil, A. [450] Brazil K000908875 Yes
Delprete, P.G. [10508] Brazil K000908867 Yes
Silva, J.M.; Ribas, O.S. [5671] Brazil K000908879 Yes
Guedes, M.L.; Orlandi, R.; Stradmann, M.T.S.; Poveda, A. [472] Brazil K000908882 Yes
Freire, E.; Andrade, K.A.; Nunes, R.; Campelo, M.J. [67] Brazil K000908893 Yes
Hind, N.; Bautista, H.P.; Smith, S. [3152] Brazil K000908889 Yes
Lucas, E.J.; Souza, V.C.; Brummitt, N.A.; Campos, O.R.; Flores, T.B.; Jennings, L.V.S.; Sampaio, D. [933] Brazil K000908878 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5974] Burma K001122679 Unknown Type Material Yes
Carvalho, A.M.; Amorim, A.M.; Sant´Ana, S.C.; Jardim, J.G.; Souza, G.R.; Cruz, N.B. [1064] Brazil K000908872 Yes
Kirkbride, M.C.G. [1168] Brazil K000908896 Yes
Heringer, E.P.; Filgueiras, T.S.; Mendonça, R.C.; Pereira, B.A.S.; Salles, A.E.H.; Silva, F.C. [1768] Brazil K000908870 Yes
Pereira, A.; Ferreira, M.C.; Costa, J. [1864] Brazil K000908892 Yes
Dubs, B. [2065] Brazil K000908863 Yes
Pirani, J.R.; Silva, R.M. [2875] Brazil K000908899 Yes
Orlandi, R.; Stradmann, M.T.S.; Poveda, A.; Guedes, M.L. [524] Brazil K000908881 Yes
Paula-Souza, J.; Ferrucci, M.S.; Rando, J.G.; Tsuji, R. [5198] Brazil K000908864 Yes
Hind, D.J.N.; Bautista, H.P. [4144] Brazil K000908886 Yes
Pott, A.; Pott, V.J.; Damasceno, G.A., Jr.; Ratter, J.A.; Milliken, W.; Yesilyurt, J.; Ishii, I.H. [12568] Brazil K000908891 Yes
Bautista, H.P.; Hind, N.; Harley, R.; Smith, S. [3634] Brazil K000908887 Yes
Heringer, E.P.; Filgueiras, T.S.; Mendonça, R.C.; Pereira, B.A.S.; Salles, A.E.H.; Silva, F.C. [4702] Brazil K000908861 Yes
Hind, N.; Bautista, H.P.; Smith, S. [3146] Brazil K000908888 Yes
Lobato, L.C. [1072] Brazil K000908898 Yes
Nascimento, L.M.; Silva, A.G. [334] Brazil K000908876 Yes
Burchell [7199] Brazil K000908869 Yes

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