Skip to content


Taxon:  Stylosanthes macrocephala M. B. Ferreira & Sousa Costa



Summary
Genus:
Stylosanthes
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Dalbergieae
Nomen number:
314740
Place of publication:
Anais Soc. Bot. Brasil XXVIII Cong. 87. 1977
Verified:
02/06/2015 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
121 (121  active, 115  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


Reference(s)
  1. Costa, N. M. S. 1982. Native legumes in Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Biological nitrogen fixation technology for tropical agriculture. Based on papers presented at a workshop held at the Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical, March 9-13, 1981. 1982 337-346.
  2. Ferreira, M. B. & N. M. Sousa Costa. 1979. O gênero Stylosanthes no Brasil. Empresa de Pesquisa Agropecuária de Minas Gerais. Belo Horizonte, Brasil. 1-107.
  3. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  4. Lewis, G. P. Legumes of Bahia. 1987
  5. Sousa Costa, N. M. & M. B. Ferreira. 1977. O gênero Stylosanthes no estado de Minas Gerais. In: Empresa de Pesquisa Agropecuaria de Minas Gerais (EPAMIG), Belo Horizonte.
  6. Sousa Costa, N. M. & M. B. Ferreira. 1984. Some Brazilian species of Stylosanthes. The biology and agronomy of Stylosanthes. 1984 28.
  7. Sousa Costa, N. M. et al. Leguminosas nativas do estado de Minas Gerais. 1978
  8. 't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 4:218.
  9. 't Mannetje, L. 1984. Considerations on the taxonomy of the genus Stylosanthes. The biology and agronomy of Stylosanthes. 1984 7.
  10. Williams, R. J. et al. 1984. Natural distribution of Stylosanthes. The biology and agronomy of Stylosanthes. 1984 91.
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilBahia 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilEspirito Santo 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilGoias 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilMato Grosso do Sul 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilMinas Gerais 
Native
Southern America
  • BRAZIL: Brazil [Bahia, Espirito Santo, Goias, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais]
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodforage 't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 4:218.
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=314740. Accessed 19 July 2025.


GRIN-Global project