Rediscovery of Robert Wight’s <i>Tephrosia fusca</i> (Fabaceae: Papilionoideae) from India

MOOTHEDATHU VENUGOPALAN NAIR KRISHNARAJ; NARAYANAN NAIR MOHANAN; THOMSON DAVIS

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.81.2.3

Issue: Vol. 81 No. 2: 21 Feb. 2013

Type: Article

Published: 2013-02-21

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.81.2.3

Page range: 55–60

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Rediscovery of Robert Wight’s Tephrosia fusca (Fabaceae: Papilionoideae) from India

MOOTHEDATHU VENUGOPALAN NAIR KRISHNARAJ⁺⁻
NARAYANAN NAIR MOHANAN⁺⁻
THOMSON DAVIS⁺⁻

Endemism Faboideae India Southern Western Ghats Kerala Revision

Abstract

Tephrosia fusca is rediscovered from southern part of Western Ghats, India, after 178 years. The complete description of
the species is provided along with illustrations. A lectotype is also designated.