Taxon:  Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. subsp. leptostachya (DC.) Brummitt var. leptostachya (DC.) Brummitt



Summary
Genus:
Tephrosia
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Millettieae
Nomen number:
443773
Place of publication:
Bol. Soc. Brot. sér. 2, 41:245.  1968
Verified:
03/05/2004 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. (6 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 (0 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. pubescens Baker (0 active accession[s])
Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. subsp. purpurea (0 active accession[s])
Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. subsp. purpurea var. maritima Haines (0 active accession[s])
Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. var. purpurea (0 active accession[s])
Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. var. sericea Benth. (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Arnold, T. H. & B. C. De Wet, eds. 1993. Plants of southern Africa: names and distribution. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa no. 62
  2. Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 2007. Flora zambesiaca. 3(3):144-145.
  3. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaChad   
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia   
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSomalia   
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudan   
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaAngola   
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMalawi   
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 2007. Flora zambesiaca. 3(3):144-145.
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZambia   
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 2007. Flora zambesiaca. 3(3):144-145.
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaBotswana  Arnold, T. H. & B. C. De Wet, eds. 1993. Plants of southern Africa: names and distribution. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa no. 62
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaTransvaal Arnold, T. H. & B. C. De Wet, eds. 1993. Plants of southern Africa: names and distribution. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa no. 62
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaBenin   
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaCôte D'Ivoire   
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGambia   
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGhana   
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaMali   
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaMauritania   
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNiger   
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria   
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaSenegal   
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaTogo   
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaBurundi   
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCameroon   
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCentral African Republic   
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaYemen   
Native
Africa
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia, Chad
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Burundi, Central African Republic, Cameroon
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Benin, Côte D'Ivoire, Ghana, Gambia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, South Africa [Transvaal]
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: Yemen

Reference(s)
  1. Arnold, T. H. & B. C. De Wet, eds. 1993. Plants of southern Africa: names and distribution. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa no. 62
  2. Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 2007. Flora zambesiaca. 3(3):144-145.
  3. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=443773. Accessed 17 April 2026.