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Taxon:  Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. subsp. purpurea



Summary
Genus:
Tephrosia
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Millettieae
Nomen number:
312206
Verified:
08/31/1987 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank. 
Other conspecific taxa
Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. (24 active accession[s])
Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. subsp. altissima Brummitt (0 active accession[s])
Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. subsp. canescens (E. Mey.) Brummitt (0 active accession[s])
Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. subsp. dunensis Brummitt (0 active accession[s])
Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. subsp. leptostachya (DC.) Brummitt (3 active accession[s])
Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. subsp. leptostachya (DC.) Brummitt var. delagoensis (H. M. L. Forbes) Brummitt (0 active accession[s])
Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. subsp. leptostachya (DC.) Brummitt var. leptostachya (DC.) Brummitt (0 active accession[s])
Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. subsp. leptostachya (DC.) Brummitt var. pubescens Baker (2 active accession[s])
Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. subsp. purpurea var. maritima Haines (0 active accession[s])
Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. var. sericea Benth. (1 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Cracca purpurea L.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Cracca villosa L. var. purpurea (L.) Kuntze

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Tephrosia wallichii Graham ex Fawc. & Rendle
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Reference(s)
  1. Barbosa, C. 1994. Contribución al conocimiento de las leguminosas Colombianas. I. La tribu Galegeae (Brown) Torrey & Gray, 1838 sensu lato. Trianea 5:57.
  2. Bosman, M. T. M. & A. J. P. De Haas. 1983. A revision of the genus Tephrosia (Leguminosae-Papilionoideae) in Malesia. Blumea 28:466.
  3. Du Puy, D. J. et al. The Leguminosae of Madagascar. 2002
  4. Han, S.-F. & X.-Q. Zhou. 1990. Register of nodulation reports for leguminous trees and shrubs in China. J. Nanjing Forest. Univ. 14(3):84-90.
  5. Hosni, H. A. & Z. A. R. El-Karemy. 1993. Systematic revision of Leguminosae in Egypt. 1. Tephrosia Pers. Sendtnera 1:247.
  6. Huang, S. F. & T. C. Huang. Taxonomic treatment of the Papilionoideae (Leguminosae) of Taiwan. Taiwania 32:11-117. 1987
  7. Kumar, S & P. V. Sane. Legumes of South Asia: a checklist. 2003
  8. Lock, J. M. & C. S. Ford. Legumes of Malesia: a checklist. 2004
  9. Verdcourt, B. A manual of New Guinea legumes. 1979
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanMadagascar  
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaTaiwan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIran  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentBhutan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaAndhra Pradesh 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaArunachal Pradesh 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaAssam 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaBihar 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaDadra and N. Haveli 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaDaman and Diu 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaDelhi 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaGoa 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaGujarat 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaHaryana 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaHimachal Pradesh 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaJammu and Kashmir 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaKarnataka 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaKerala 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaMadhya Pradesh 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaMaharashtra 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaManipur 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaOrissa 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaPondicherry 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaPunjab 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaRajasthan 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaSikkim 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaTamil Nadu 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaTripura 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaUttar Pradesh 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaWest Bengal 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentNepal  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaIndochina  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaCelebes 
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaJava 
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaLesser Sunda Islands 
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaMoluccas 
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaSumatra 
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaPapua New Guinea  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippines  
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustralia  
4Naturalized     
Native
Africa
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Madagascar
Asia-Temperate
  • EASTERN ASIA: Taiwan
  • WESTERN ASIA: Iran
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bhutan, India [Sikkim, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Orissa, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Karnataka, Delhi, Goa, Dadra and N. Haveli, Daman and Diu, Pondicherry, Arunachal Pradesh], Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan
  • INDO-CHINA: Indochina, Myanmar, Thailand
  • MALESIA: Indonesia [Celebes, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Moluccas, Sumatra], Malaysia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia
Naturalized ()
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=312206. Accessed 18 July 2025.


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