Taxon: Sesbania bispinosa (Jacq.) W. Wight var. bispinosa

• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

See other conspecific taxa:

• Sesbania bispinosa (5 accessions)
• Sesbania bispinosa var. micrantha (no accessions)

Distributional range:

• AFRICA
  Northeast Tropical Africa: Somalia
  East Tropical Africa: Kenya; Tanzania
  South Tropical Africa: Mozambique; Zimbabwe
  Southern Africa: Botswana; Lesotho; Namibia; South Africa - KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal; Swaziland
  Western Indian Ocean: Madagascar; Mauritius; Seychelles
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Afghanistan [e.]; Iran [s.]
  China: China - Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: Bangladesh; India - Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Dadra and N. Haveli, Daman and Diu, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal; Nepal; Pakistan; Sri Lanka
  Indo-China: Indochina; Myanmar; Thailand

• widely naturalized

• exact native range obscure

References:

• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
• Du Puy, D. J. et al. 2002. The Leguminosae of Madagascar.
• Gillett, J. B. 1963. Sesbania in Africa (excluding Madagascar) and southern Arabia. Kew Bull. 17:129–130.
• Kumar, S & P. V. Sane. 2003. Legumes of South Asia: a checklist.
• Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist.
• Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952–. Flora of tropical East Africa.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Aeschynomene bispinosa Jacq. (basionym)
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (≡) Coronilla aculeata Willd.
  
• (≡) Sesban aculeatus Poir.
  (previously associated with 5 accessions)
• (≡) Sesbania aculeata Pers.
  (previously associated with 2 accessions)

Check other web resources for Sesbania bispinosa (Jacq.) W. Wight var. bispinosa:

• SIBIS: South African National Biodiversity Institute's (SANBI) Integrated Biodiversity System
• On-line Flora of Zimbabwe
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ILDIS: World Database of Legumes

Images or nodulation data:

• GRIN nodulation data

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• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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