Fabaceae
Eriosema

Eriosema montanum Baker f.

First published in J. Bot. 33: 142 (1895)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa. It is a subshrub or shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Mackinder, B., Pasquet, R., Polhill, R. & Verdcourt, B. (2001). Flora Zambesiaca 3(5): 1-261. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Leg. Trop. Afr. 2: 498
  • Staner & De Craene in Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, sér. 6, 1: 64 (1934)
  • in J. Bot. 33: 142 (1895)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Mackinder, B., Pasquet, R., Polhill, R. & Verdcourt, B. (2001). Flora Zambesiaca 3(5): 1-261. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A.J. Jex-Blake, Some Wild Flowers of Kenya p. 49 (1948).
  • Bak. f. & Haydon in Leguminosae of Tropical Africa: 498 (1929).
  • Bak. f. in Journal of Botany 33: 142 (1895).
  • F. White, Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia p. 151 (1962).
  • Hauman in Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 6: 213 (1954).
  • Hepper in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 558 (1958).
  • J.P.M. Brenan, Check-lists of the Forest Trees and Shrubs of the British Empire no. 5, part II, Tanganyika Territory p. 422 (1949).

International Legume Database and Information Service

  • Gillett, J. B. et al. (1971). Papilionoideae. In: Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Milne-Redhead & Polhill

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Dec 1, 2003 Kongor Raphael [46] Cameroon K000746572 Yes
Dec 1, 2003 Pollard, B.J. [687] Cameroon K000746571 Yes
Oct 1, 2003 Pollard, B.J. [402] Cameroon K000746578 Yes
Oct 1, 2003 Etuge, M. [4707] Cameroon K000746577 Yes
Feb 1, 2002 Pollard, B.J. [478] Cameroon K000746566 Yes
Dec 1, 2000 Buzgo, M. [746] Cameroon K000337828 Yes
Dec 1, 2000 Cheek, M. [8650] Cameroon K000337827 Yes
Aug 1, 1998 Onana, J.-M. [567 A] Cameroon K000337806 Yes
Apr 1, 1997 Munyenyembe, P. [750] Cameroon K000337829 Yes
Tadjouteu, F.; Achoundong; Cheek; Gosline; Onana; Ghogue; Kalindula; Kambale; Amponsah; Kimaro; Etuge; Talla; Ndi [302] Cameroon K000557226 Yes
Buchanan, J. [97] Malawi K000419707 Syntype Yes
Tamajong, S. [FHI 23495] Cameroon K000087382 Yes
Satabie, B. [208] Cameroon K000087455 Yes
Tanzania K000419680 Type Yes
Fijamo, V.R. [VR139] Mozambique K001346320 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K. [9501] Zambia K001567158 Yes
Merrett, L.; Ginwalla, R. [2711] Zambia K001622994 Yes
Hildebrandt, J.M. [2445] Kenya K000419679 Isolectotype Yes
Buchanan [339] Malawi K000419706 Syntype Yes
Hepper, F.N. [2105] Cameroon K000087384 Yes
Brunt, M.A. [663] Cameroon K000087385 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • 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/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0