Leptospron

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Phaseoleae
Subtribus: Phaseolinae
Genus: Leptospron
Species: L. adenanthum – L. gentryi
Name

Leptospron (Benth. & Hook.f.) A.Delgado, Amer. J. Bot. 98: 1709 (2011).

Type species: P. rostratus Wall.

Synonyms

Basionym
Phaseolus sect. Leptospron Benth. & Hook.f., Gen. Pl. 1(2): 538 (-539) (1865).
Homotypic
Vigna sect. Leptospron (Benth. & Hook.f.) Maréchal, Mascherpa & Stainier, Taxon 27(2–3): 202 (1978).

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
Regional: West Tropical Africa
Benin, Burkina, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo.
Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa
Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Zaïre.
Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
Somalia, Sudan.
Regional: East Tropical Africa
Tanzania.
Regional: South Tropical Africa
Angola.
Regional: Western Indian Ocean
Madagascar (introduced), Réunion, Seychelles.
Continental: Asia-Temperate
Regional: Eastern Asia
Nansei-shoto, Taiwan.
Continental: Asia-Tropical
Regional: Indian Subcontinent
Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya.
Regional: Indo-China
Andaman Islands (introduced), Cambodia, Laos, South China Sea, Thailand, Vietnam.
Regional: Malesia
Malaya, Philippines, Sulawesi.
Regional: Papuasia
Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, Solomon Islands.
Continental: Australasia
Regional: Australia
Northern Territory, Queensland (introduced), Western Australia.
Continental: Pacific
Regional: Southwestern Pacific
Fiji, New Caledonia (introduced), Samoa, Tonga.
Regional: South-Central Pacific
Cook Islands.
Continental: Northern America
Regional: Southeastern U.S.A.
Florida (introduced).
Regional: Mexico
Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest.
Continental: Southern America
Regional: Central America
Belize, Central American Pacific Islands, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama.
Regional: Caribbean
Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Islands.
Regional: Northern South America
Venezuela.
Regional: Western South America
Bolivia, Colombia, Galápagos.
Regional: Brazil
Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central.
Regional: Southern South America
Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Paraguay, Uruguay.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Delgado Salinas, A., Thulin, M., Pasquet, R.S., Weeden, N. & Lavin, M. 2011. Vigna (Leguminosae) sensu lato: The names and identities of the American segregate genera. American Journal of Botany 98(10): 1694–1715. DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1100069 PDF Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Leptospron in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 19. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Leptospron. Published online. Accessed: May 19 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Leptospron. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 May 2021.
Hassler, M. 2021. Leptospron. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 19. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Leptospron. Accessed: 19 May 2021.

Leptospron is a small genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. Species in this genus were formerly considered to belong to the genus Vigna.[1]
References

Delgado-Salinas A, Thulin M, Pasquet R, Weeden N, Lavin M (2011). "Vigna (Leguminosae) sensu lato: the names and identities of the American segregate genera". Am J Bot. 98 (10): 1694–715. doi:10.3732/ajb.1100069. PMID 21980163.