Fabaceae
Pseudarthria

Pseudarthria hookeri Wight & Arn.

First published in Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 209 (1834)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa, W. Indian Ocean. It is a subshrub or perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Lebrun, J.-P., Audru, J., Gaston, A. & Mosnier, M. (1972). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Tchad Méridional: 1-289. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania 30: 1-307.
  • Lewalle, J. (1970). Liste floristique et répartition altitudinale de la flore du Burundi occidental: 1-84. Université officielle de Bujumbura.
  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. 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.
  • Troupin, G. (ed.) (1983). Flora du Rwanda 2: 1-603. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.
  • Verdcourt, B. (2000). Flora Zambesiaca 3(6): 1-175. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Bak. f. Leg. Trop. Afr. 2: 339
  • Chev. Bot. 192
  • Léonard in Fl. Congo Belge 5: 235, fig. 15, A–B.
  • Wight & Arn. —F.T.A. 2: 168

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Aké Assi, L. (2001). Flore de la Côte-d'Ivoire: catalogue systématique, biogéographie et écologie. I. Boissiera 57: 1-396.
  • 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.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Lebrun, J.-P., Audru, J., Gaston, A. & Mosnier, M. (1972). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Tchad Méridional: 1-289. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania 30: 1-307.
  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. 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.
  • Troupin, G. (ed.) (1983). Flora du Rwanda 2: 1-603. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A.J. Jex-Blake, Some Wild Flowers of Kenya p. 45 (1948).
  • Bak. f., Leguminosae of Tropical Africa: 339 (1929).
  • Bak. in Flora of Tropical Africa 2: 168 (1871).
  • E. Lind & A. Tallantire, Some Common Flowering Plants of Uganda p. 84, fig. 36 (1962).
  • Hepper in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 586 (1958), pro parte.
  • J. Léon. in Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 5: 235, fig. 15/A, B (1954).
  • J.P.M. Brenan, Check-lists of the Forest Trees and Shrubs of the British Empire no. 5, part II, Tanganyika Territory p. 436 (1949).
  • Robyns, Flore des Spermatophytes du Parc National Albert 1: 313 (1948).
  • Verdc. in Kew Bulletin 24: 65 (1970).
  • Wight & Arn., Prodr. Fl. Pen. Ind. Or. 1: 209 (1834).

International Legume Database and Information Service

  • Du Puy, D. J. et al. (2002). The Leguminosae of Madagascar. RBG Kew.
  • Gillett, J. B. et al. (1971). Papilionoideae. In: Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Milne-Redhead & Polhill
  • Robyns, W. (Ed.) (1954). Flore du Congo Belge, Vol 5; Galegeae, Hedysareae.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 1, 2008 Cheek, M.; Nfon, R.; Fon of Dom; Tah, K.; Nana, V.; Sene, O. [13489] Cameroon K000580203 Yes
Oct 1, 2008 Cheek, M. [13495] Cameroon K000580132 Yes
Dec 1, 2003 Kongor Raphael [54] Cameroon K000746639 Yes
Dec 1, 2003 Kongor Raphael [54] Cameroon K000746640 Yes
Dec 1, 2003 Onana, J.-M. [1912] Cameroon K000746641 Yes
Nov 1, 2003 Biye, E. [93] Cameroon K000746642 Yes
Oct 1, 2000 Etuge, M. [4364] Cameroon K000051346 Yes
Jan 1, 1979 de Kruif, A.P.M. [424] Cote d'Ivoire K001562573 Yes
Jan 1, 1971 Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [8602] Cameroon K000087053 Yes
Apr 1, 1960 Gossweiler, J. [10020] Angola K001307172 Yes
Apr 1, 1960 Gossweiler, J. [3106] Angola K001307173 Yes
Telfair [s.n.] Mauritius K000418217 Unknown Type Material Yes
illegible [59] Uganda K000418220 Unknown Type Material Yes
Nkeng, P.; Pollard, Ben; Caroline; Eric, Nukam; Achiri; Fru, John [191] Cameroon K000557175 Yes
Villiers, J.-F. [4649] Cameroon K001634364 Yes
Cheek, M., Achoundong, Gosline, Onana, Ghogue, Tadjouteu, Kalindula, Kambale, Amponsah, Kimaro, Etuge, Talla, Ndi [10041] Cameroon K001418650 Yes
Wit, P.; Stark, M. [2930] Cameroon K000557265 Yes
Telfair [s.n.] Mauritius K000418216 Type Yes
Sichamba, M. [569] Zambia K001636007 Yes
Brunt, M.A. [28] Cameroon K000087062 Yes
Daramola, B., O. [FHI 43204] Cameroon K000087060 Yes
Chancellor, R.J. [93] Uganda K:SPC-09921.000 No
Brunt, M.A. [653] Cameroon K000087059 Yes
Brunt, M.A. [1200] Cameroon K000087063 Yes

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