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3905.000 Vigna
Mackinder, B. et al. (2001) Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(5)
Description of the genus
Climbing, prostrate or erect herbs or subshrubs. Stipules truncate, 2-lobed or spurred at the base, sometimes ± peltate; stipels ± persistent, rarely 0. Leaves pinnately (rarely digitately) 3-foliolate or 1-foliolate. Inflorescences axillary. Calyx 5-lobed, 2-lipped, the lower lip 3-lobed. Corolla (in ours) usually blue or purple, sometimes yellow. Style thin below, thickened and usually curved above and usually also hairy above on the inner face. Pods linear, usually terete and not flattened. Worldwide: 80 species throughout the tropics Caprivi: 27 cultivated taxa. The larvae of the following species of insect eat species of this genus:
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Links to cultivated taxa View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | Content |
| antunesii Harms | Description, Image |
| bequaertii R.Wilczek | |
| comosa Baker subsp. comosa | Image |
| frutescens A.Rich.[Agg] | |
| gracilis (Guill. & Perr.) Hook.f. | |
| heterophylla A.Rich. | |
| hosei (Craib) Backer | |
| kirkii (Baker) Gillett | |
| laurentii De Wild. | |
| luteola (Jacq.) Benth. | Description, Image |
| membranacea A.Rich.[Agg] | |
| membranacea A.Rich. subsp. caesia (Chiov.) Verdc. | |
| membranacea A.Rich. subsp. membranacea | |
| multinervis Hutch. & Dalz. | |
| oblongifolia A.Rich.[Agg] | |
| parkeri Baker[Agg] | |
| parkeri Baker subsp. maranguensis (Taub.) Verdc. | |
| pygmaea R.E. Fr. | Description, Image |
| racemosa (G. Don) Hutch. & Dalz. | |
| radiata (L.) R.Wilczek | |
| radicans Welw. ex Baker | |
| reticulata Hook. f. | |
| schimperi Baker | |
| unguiculata (L.) Walp.[Agg] | Description, Image |
| unguiculata (L.) Walp. subsp. dekindtiana (Harms) Verdc. | |
| unguiculata (L.) Walp. subsp. pawekiae Pasquet | |
| vexillata (L.) A.Rich.[Agg] |
Other sources of information about Vigna:
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Flora of Botswana: VignaFlora of Caprivi: Vigna
Flora of Malawi: Vigna
Flora of Mozambique: Vigna
Flora of Mozambique: cultivated Vigna
Flora of Zambia: Vigna
Flora of Zimbabwe: Vigna
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Vigna
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): VignaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Vigna
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Vigna
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Vigna
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Vigna
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Vigna
JSTOR Plant Science: Vigna
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Vigna
Plants of the World Online: Vigna
Tropicos: Vigna
Wikipedia: Vigna
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