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Taxon:  Teramnus uncinatus (L.) Sw.



Summary
Genus:
Teramnus
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Phaseoleae
Subtribe:
Glycininae
Nomen number:
105084
Place of publication:
Prodr. 105. 1788
Verified:
10/28/1988 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
53 (53  active, 42  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Teramnus uncinatus (L.) Sw. subsp. axilliflorus (Kotschy) Verdc. (3 active accession[s])
Teramnus uncinatus (L.) Sw. subsp. ringoetii (De Wild.) Verdc. (2 active accession[s])
Teramnus uncinatus (L.) Sw. subsp. uncinatus (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


Reference(s)
  1. Adams, C. Flowering plants of Jamaica. 1972
  2. Berhaut, J. Flore illustrée du Senegal. 1971-
  3. Correll, D. S. & H. B. Correll. Flora of the Bahama archipelago. 1982
  4. Drummond, R. B. 1972. A list of Rhodesian legumes. Kirkia 8:228.
  5. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  6. Lebrun, J.-P. et al. Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Tchad meridional. 1972
  7. Liogier, H. A. & L. F. Martorell. Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands: a systematic synopsis. 1982
  8. Macbride, J. F. et al., eds. Flora of Peru. 1936-1971; new ser. 1980-
  9. McVaugh, R. Flora Novo-Galiciana. 1983-
  10. Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. Flora of Guatemala. 1946-1976
  11. Steyermark, J. A. & O. Huber. Flora del Avila. 1978
  12. Thulin, M. Leguminosae of Ethiopia. Opera Bot. 68:1-223. 1983
  13. Troupin, G. Flore du Rwanda. 1978-
  14. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-
  15. University of Pretoria. 1955. Annual Report on the research activities of the Plant Physiological Research Institute. 45 pp.
  16. Verdcourt, B. 1970. Studies in the Leguminosae-Papilionoideae for the 'Flora of Tropical East Africa': II. Kew Bull. 24:278.
  17. Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. Flora of Panama. 1943-1980
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaChad  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudan  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaAngola  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMalawi  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZambia  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGhana  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGuinea  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaSenegal  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaSierra Leone  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCameroon  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCentral African Republic  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaRwanda  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaZaire  
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoChiapas 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoGuerrero 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoJalisco 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoNayarit 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoOaxaca 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoVeracruz 
1NativeSouthern America South America  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanBahamas  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanCuba  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanHispaniola  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanJamaica  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanPuerto Rico  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaCentral America  
Native
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia, Sudan, Chad
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ghana, Guinea, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Central African Republic, Cameroon, Rwanda, Zaire
Northern America
  • SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chiapas, Guerrero, Jalisco, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Veracruz]
Southern America
  • REGION: South America
  • CARIBBEAN: Hispaniola, Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico
  • MESOAMERICA: Central America
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=105084. Accessed 19 July 2025.


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