| Home | > | List of families | > | Fabaceae subfamily Papilionoideae | > | Tephrosia | > | forbesii |
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| Derivation of specific name: | forbesii: named after John Forbes (1799-1823), an English plant collector and naturalist. As representative of the Horticultural Society of London he visited the Cape in 1822. He died on the Zambezi River in Mozambique the following year. |
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| Mozambique distribution: | GI |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Brummitt, R.K., Harder, D.K., Lewis, G.P., Lock, J.M., Polhill, R.M. & Verdcourt, B. (2007). Leguminosae Subfamily Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(3) Pages 163 - 164. Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 227. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 51. |
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