Stylosanthes mucronata Willd. GRIN-Global

Taxon: Stylosanthes mucronata Willd.

Synonym of Stylosanthes fruticosa (Retz.) Alston

Summary

Genus:

Stylosanthes

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Tribe:

Dalbergieae

Nomen number:

35886

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 3(2):1166. 1802

Comment:

an illegitimate, superfluous name (Melbourne ICN Art. 52) as Willdenow cited Arachis fruticosa L.

Verified:

10/26/1988 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

119 (119 active, 95 available) in Australian Pastures Genebank. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

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Reference(s)

Jardim e Museu Agricola do Ultramar, Portugal. Flora da Guine Portuguesa. 1971-1973
Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2. 1953-1972
Mohlenbrock, R. H. 1963. Further considerations in Stylosanthes (Leguminosae). Rhodora 65:247.
Mohlenbrock, R. H. 1965. Hedysareae, subtribe Stylosanthinae (Leguminosae), in Africa and Madagascar. J. S. African Bot. 31:98.
Saldanha, C. J. & D. H. Nicolson. Flora of Hassan district. 1976
't Mannetje, L. 1969. Rhizobium affinities and phenetic relationships within the genus Stylosanthes. Austral. J. Bot. 17:553-564.
Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-
Verdcourt, B. 1970. Studies in the Leguminosae-Papilionoideae for the 'Flora of Tropical East Africa': I. Kew Bull. 24:59.
Verdcourt, B. 1974. Summary of the Leguminosae - Papilionoideae - Hedysareae (sensu lato) of Flora Zambesiaca. Kirkia 9:493.

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Distribution

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=35886. Accessed 3 September 2025.