Pseudarthria hookeri
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Details Top
| Internal ID | UUID643fd81251e7b312955856 |
| Scientific name | Pseudarthria hookeri |
| Authority | Wight & Arn. |
| First published in | Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient.1: 209 (1834) |
Description Top
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The pink velvet bean, also known as Pseudarthria hookeri, is a tall, perennial herb found in the African tropics and subtropics. It is named after William Hooker and has rough trifoliolate leaves and produces pink flowers in late summer. The plant can grow up to 2 or 3 meters in height annually before dying back in the dry season. It is widespread in Africa, from Senegal to eastern South Africa.
Varieties (abbr. var.) Top
Add a new one! Suggest a correction!| Name | Authority | First published in |
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| Pseudarthria hookeri var. argyrophylla | Verdc. | Kew Bull.24: 66 (1970) |
| Pseudarthria hookeri var. hookeri | Unknown |
Germination/Propagation Top
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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top
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- Extinct
- Introduced
- Native
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East Tropical Africa
- Kenya
- Tanzania
- Uganda
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Northeast Tropical Africa
- Chad
- Ethiopia
- Sudan
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South Tropical Africa
- Angola
- Malawi
- Mozambique
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
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Southern Africa
- Cape Provinces
- Kwazulu-Natal
- Northern Provinces
- Swaziland
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West Tropical Africa
- Benin
- Burkina
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Ivory Coast
- Mali
- Nigeria
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Togo
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West-central Tropical Africa
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Congo
- Gabon
- Rwanda
- Zaïre
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Western Indian Ocean
- Madagascar
- Mauritius
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East Tropical Africa
Links to other databases Top
Suggest others/fix!| Database | ID/link to page |
|---|---|
| World Flora Online | wfo-0000177956 |
| USDA Plants | PSHO6 |
| Tropicos | 13053791 |
| KEW | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:515894-1 |
| The Plant List | ild-2400 |
| Open Tree Of Life | 849986 |
| NCBI Taxonomy | 992776 |
| IPNI | 515894-1 |
| iNaturalist | 447187 |
| GBIF | 2932982 |
| Freebase | /m/0sgfmsp |
| EPPO | PDHHO |
| EOL | 642622 |
| USDA GRIN | 30166 |
| Wikipedia | Pseudarthria_hookeri |
Genomes (via NCBI) Top
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Collections Top
| In private collections | 0 |
| In public collections | 0 |