Rhynchosia versicolor Baker
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Filed As
Fabaceae
Rhynchosia versicolor Baker -
Identifiers
NY Barcode: 04811591
Occurrence ID: 93064ed1-0bbe-42dd-946c-f72eea13dd1d
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Kingdom
Plantae
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Division
Magnoliophyta
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Order
Fabales
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Family
Fabaceae
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All Determinations
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Location Notes
[Africa]
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Distribution
New York Botanical Garden Pollen, spore or leaf sample removed Name w^lA/a/X CbrvnolAjol© Institution^XjU^OOYYpj Date 00/g^/aQj^ Art FLORA OF MADAGASCAR /"cU> - T-clS Rhynchosia versicolor Baker subsp. versicolor C Madagascar, Antananarivo Province, Mt. Ibity, c. 25 km S of Antsirabe, northern end of range of hills. Map Ref.: 20°0TS 47°01'E In small stream gully through granite rocks and sandy soil, amongst grassland which is occasionally burnt. Alt. 1700 m. Climbing shrub growing through bracken ferns; stems woody, brown, whitish-pubescent; leaves trifoliolate, mid-green with sunken reticulate veins above, paler, pubescent especially on the raised veins beneath. Inflorescences axillary racemes, with yellowish spreading soft hairs; calyx stained brown, yellowish-hairy, 5-toothed with the upper 2 teeth shorter and somewhat fused; standard bright yellow with a brown basal eye and central stripe within, heavily veined with chocolate brown outside; wings bright yellow with small brownish marks near the base; keel cream with a brown tip. Fruit flat, green, reticulate-veined, with yellowish (?glandular) hairs. D.J. & B.P. Du Puy 20.8.89 M322 BOTANICAL ^pARDE** 04811591
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Rhynchosia versicolor Baker