Fabaceae
Macrotyloma

Macrotyloma uniflorum (Lam.) Verdc.

First published in Kew Bull. 24: 322 (1970)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa, Indian Subcontinent to Myanmar. It is a scrambling annual or perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Botswana, Cameroon, East Himalaya, Ethiopia, Guinea, India, Kenya, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Pakistan, Rwanda, Senegal, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, West Himalaya, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Jawa, Nepal, Philippines, Queensland, Taiwan

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Kumar, S. & Sane, P.V. (2003). Legumes of South Asia. A Checklist: 1-536. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Kumar, S. (2012). Herbaceous flora of Jaunsar-Bawar (Uttarkhand), India: enumerations. Phytotaxonomy 12: 33-56.
  • Lepschi, B. & Monro, A. (Project Coordinators) (2014). Australian Plant Census (APC) Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria. http://www.anbg.gov.au/chah/apc/index.html.
  • Lock, J.M. & Ford, C.S. (2004). Legumes of Malesia a Check-List: 1-295. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 10: 1-642. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).
  • Zhu, X.Y., Zhang, R.P. & He, Y.L. (eds.) (2021). An inventory of legume species diversity of Myanmar: 1-297. China Minzu university press.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Berhaut, J. (1976). Flore illustrée du Sénégal 5: 1-658. Gouvernement du Sénégal, Ministère du développement rural direction des eaux et forêta, Dakar.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Kumar, S. & Sane, P.V. (2003). Legumes of South Asia. A Checklist: 1-536. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Kumar, S. (2012). Herbaceous flora of Jaunsar-Bawar (Uttarkhand), India: enumerations. Phytotaxonomy 12: 33-56.
  • Lepschi, B. & Monro, A. (Project Coordinators) (2014). Australian Plant Census (APC) Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria. http://www.anbg.gov.au/chah/apc/index.html.
  • Lock, J.M. & Ford, C.S. (2004). Legumes of Malesia a Check-List: 1-295. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Mackinder, B., Pasquet, R., Polhill, R. & Verdcourt, B. (2001). Flora Zambesiaca 3(5): 1-261. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1993). Flora of Somalia 1: 1-493. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 10: 1-642. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Verdc. in Kew Bulletin 24: 322, 401 (1970).

International Legume Database and Information Service

  • Ali, S. I. (1977). Papilion. In: Flora of West Pakistan, No 100.
  • Backer, C. A. (1963). Flora of Java. Groningen, The Netherlands
  • Gillett, J. B. et al. (1971). Papilionoideae. In: Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Milne-Redhead & Polhill
  • Hacker, J. B. (1990). A Guide to Herbaceous and Shrub Legumes of Queensland.
  • Jain, S. K. (1991). Dictionary of Indian Folk Medicine and Ethnobotany
  • Maxwell, R. H. (1991). In: Dassanayake, M. D. & Fosberg, F. R. (Eds.) A revised handbook
  • Saxena, H. O. & Brahman, M. (1994). The Flora of Orissa (Ranunculaceae to Fabaceae)
  • Senaratna, L. K. (2001). A check list of the flowering plants of Sri Lanka. Colombo.
  • Terrell, E. E. (1977). Checklist of Names for 3, 000 Vas. Pl... Agric. Handbook No. 505
  • Verdcourt, B. (1982). Hookers Ic. Pl. 38, 4:1-138. A revision of Macrotyloma (Legum.)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 1, 1982 Rogers, F., A. [23966] South Africa K000263670 Type Yes
Aug 1, 1982 Rogers, F., A. [23966] South Africa K000263671 Type Yes
Aug 1, 1982 Bourne [3257] India K000900660 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1970 Bogdan, A. [3481] Kenya K001092968 Yes
Jan 1, 1970 Tweedie [1200] Tanzania K000263619 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1970 Bogdon [2578] Kenya K000263620 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Cameroon K001372372 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K001352038 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Somalia K001355084 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K001352030 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Somalia K001355082 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K001352029 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001355146 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K001352013 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K001352018 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K001350999 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K001352037 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K001350997 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001354815 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Somalia K001355085 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K001352022 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001354822 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K001351000 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001352056 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K001352031 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K001352017 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K001352034 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K001352026 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001354820 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K001352006 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Somalia K001355083 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K001352005 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001352325 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K001352004 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K001352003 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K001352023 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K001352010 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K001352025 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K001352015 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K001352033 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K001352011 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K001352028 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Somalia K001355086 No
s.coll. [s.n.] India K001352035 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K001352020 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K001352007 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K001350998 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K001352024 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Hoenselaar, K.; Leliyo, G.; Vollesen, K. [5765] Tanzania K000468659 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K001352009 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K001352019 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K001352002 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K001352032 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K001352008 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001352057 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K001352001 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K001350996 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K001352036 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001354821 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K001352027 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Congo, Republic of the K001354935 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K001352014 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K001352021 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sri Lanka K001352039 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K001352012 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K001352016 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001355190 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001354819 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5538] Burma Dolichos uniflorus K001121229 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5538] India Dolichos uniflorus K001121226 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5538] Dolichos uniflorus K001121227 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5538] Dolichos uniflorus K001121228 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0