Entada nana subsp. microcarpa (Brenan) J.H. Ross, Bothalia 11: 126. 1973.

O'Donnell, Shawn A., Ringelberg, Jens J. & Lewis, Gwilym P., 2022, Re-circumscription of the mimosoid genus Entada including new combinations for all species of the phylogenetically nested Elephantorrhiza (Leguminosae, Caesalpinioideae, mimosoid clade), PhytoKeys 205, pp. 99-145 : 99

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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.205.76790

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scientific name

Entada nana subsp. microcarpa (Brenan) J.H. Ross, Bothalia 11: 126. 1973.
status

 

Entada nana subsp. microcarpa (Brenan) J.H. Ross, Bothalia 11: 126. 1973.

Type.

ZAMBIA. Mwinilunga District , Dobeka Bridge, E. Milne-Redhead 4496 (holotype: K; isotype BR [BR0000006252199]) .

Basionym.

Entada nana Harms subsp. microcarpa Brenan, Kew Bull. 20(3): 373. 1966.

Description.

Stems 5-25 cm high. Fruit nearly straight, 7.5-12 × 1.5-2.8 cm. Brenan (1970, p. 20) noted that he did not see mature seeds, but presumed them to be smaller than in subsp. Entada arenaria .

Distribution.

Zambia, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Habitat and ecology.

Grassland and woodland on Kalahari sand; ca. 1200 m alt.

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Fabales

Family

Fabaceae

Genus

Entada