Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Abrus precatorius subsp. africanus
Fabaceae Lindl.
Abrus precatorius subsp. africanus Verdc. , legitimate, scientific
Verdcourt, B. (1970), Studies in the Leguminosae-Papilionoideae for the 'Flora of Tropical East Africa': II. Kew Bulletin 24(2): 241 APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Kenya. Tana River District: Karawa [Kurawa], 48 km. S. of Garsen, on black clay soil with sand admixed, scattered Terminalia, Euphorbia, Acacia with tangled shrub clumps – Grewia, Lannea, Lecaniodiscus, Commiphora, Thespia, Dobera, etc., 15m., 7 Oct. 1961, Polhill & Paulo 628 (K, holotype of subspecies; EA, isotype)".
  • APC Dist.: Qld (naturalised)
Bean, A.R. (26 February 2007), A new system for determining which plant species are indigenous in Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 20(1): 24, 26, Fig. 25 (map) [secondary reference]