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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 Zimbabwe: 22 taxa. Insects associated with this genus:
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| antunesii Harms | N,C,E | Description, Image |
| frutescens A. Rich. subsp. frutescens var. frutescens | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| gazensis Baker f. | E | Description, Image |
| juncea Milne-Redh. var. corbyi Pasquet | N,C,E | |
| luteola (Jacq.) Benth. | N,E | Description, Image |
| monophylla Taub. | N,W,C | |
| nyangensis Mithen[End] | E | |
| oblongifolia A. Rich. var. oblongifolia | W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| oblongifolia A. Rich. var. parviflora (Baker) Verdc. | N,W,C | |
| pygmaea R.E. Fr. | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| radiata (L.) R. Wilczek var. sublobata (Roxb.) Verdc. | W | |
| radicans Welw. ex Baker | N | |
| reticulata Hook. f. | N | |
| schlechteri Harms | E | Description, Image |
| unguiculata (L.) Walp.[Agg] | N,W,E,S | Description, Image |
| unguiculata (L.) Walp. subsp. dekindtiana (Harms) Verdc. | N,W | |
| unguiculata (L.) Walp. subsp. pawekiae Pasquet | E | |
| unguiculata (L.) Walp. subsp. stenophylla (Harv.) Maréchal, Mascherpa & Stainier | W | |
| unguiculata (L.) Walp. subsp. tenuis (E. Mey.) Maréchal, Mascherpa & Stainie | N,C,E | |
| unguiculata (L.) Walp. subsp. unguiculata var. spontanea (Schweinf.) Pasquet | N,W,E,S | |
| vexillata (L.) A. Rich. var. vexillata | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| vexillata (L.) A. Rich. var. angustifolia (Schumach.) Baker | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
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Flora of Mozambique: cultivated Vigna
Flora of Rwanda: Vigna
Flora of Zambia: 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
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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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