Welcome to Tephrosia of Thailand

       Tephrosia Pers. (nom. cons.) is a genus in the family Leguminosae, subfamily Papilionoideae comprising c. 350 species which is mainly distributed in tropical and subtropical regions. Eight species are recognised in Thailand. [1]  [2]

       This revision is based on herbarium specimens collected from Thailand and neighbouring countries as extant in the herbaria viz. ABD, BCU, BK, BKF, BM, E, K, KKU, PSU, QBG, SING and TCD,  and those of the type specimens, supplemented by field study. All available recent floras, journals and other related literature have been consulted. 

References

  1. C. H. O. R. T. I. P. KANTACHOT, NINKAEW, S. A. K. U. L. T. A. L. A., and CHANTARANOTHAI, P. R. A. N. O. M., “A Revision of Tephrosia Pers.(Leguminosae-Papilionoideae) in Thailand”, 2014.
  2. F. A. Al-Ghamdi, “Morphological Diversity of Some Tephrosia Species (Fabaceae) in Saudi Arabia”, American Journal of Plant Sciences, vol. 04, no. 03, pp. 543 - 548, 2013.

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Recent Locations

Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith