Vigna unguiculata subsp. stenophylla information from NPGS/GRIN

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Taxon: Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. subsp. stenophylla (Harv.) Maréchal et al.

Genus: Vigna subgenus: Vigna section: Catiang
Family: Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae) subfamily: Faboideae tribe: Phaseoleae subtribe: Phaseolinae. Also placed in: Papilionaceae
Nomen number: 411142
Place of publication: Taxon 27:200. 1978
Name verified on: 17-Jun-1998 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 11-Mar-2004
Species priority site is: Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit, Griffin, GA (S9).
Accessions: 5 in National Plant Germplasm System.

See other conspecific taxa:

Vigna unguiculata (1190 accessions)
Vigna unguiculata subsp. baoulensis (no accessions)
Vigna unguiculata subsp. burundiensis (no accessions)
Vigna unguiculata subsp. cylindrica (20 accessions)
Vigna unguiculata subsp. dekindtiana (40 accessions)
Vigna unguiculata subsp. letouzeyi (no accessions)
Vigna unguiculata subsp. mensensis (no accessions)
Vigna unguiculata subsp. pubescens (9 accessions)
Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis (194 accessions)
Vigna unguiculata subsp. tenuis (no accessions)
Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata (6892 accessions)

Economic importance:

Gene sources: potential gene source for cowpea (fide Bull JB Belg 62:127-173. 1993)

Distributional range:

Native:

AFRICA
Southern Africa: Botswana; Namibia; South Africa - KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal

References:

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
Maréchal, R. et al. 1978. Étude taxonomique d'un groupe complexe d'espèces des genres Phaseolus et Vigna (Papilionaceae) sur la base données morphologiques et polliniques, traitées par l'analyse informatique. Boissiera 28:196.
Pasquet, R. S. 1993. Bull. Jard. Bot. Belg. 62:167.
Pasquet, R. S. 1996. Wild cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) evolution. Advances in legume systematics. 8:95–100.
Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).

Synonyms:

(=) Scytalis protracta E. Mey.
(=) Vigna angustifoliolata Verdc.
(≡) Vigna stenophylla (Harv.) Burtt Davy
(=) Vigna triloba Walp.
(≡) Vigna triloba var. stenophylla Harv. (basionym)
(=) Vigna unguiculata var. protracta (E. Mey.) Verdc.
(previously associated with 5 accessions)

Check other web resources for Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. subsp. stenophylla (Harv.) Maréchal et al.:

SIBIS: South African National Biodiversity Institute's (SANBI) Integrated Biodiversity System
ILDIS: World Database of Legumes

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Cite as:
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?411142 (22 May 2013)

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