Vatovaea

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: Vatovaea
Species: V. pseudolablab
Name

Vatovaea Chiov. Webbia 8(1): 231. (1951)

monotypic taxon

References

Chiovenda, E. 1951. Webbia 8(1): 231.
International Plant Names Index. 2016. Vatovaea. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 9 2016. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2016. Vatovaea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 9 Mar. 2016. Reference page.

Vatovaea is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae.[2] It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Vatovaea pseudolablab.[1]

Vatovaea pseudolablab is a woody climber, growing 1.2 to 1.5 m. tall from an enormous woody tuber. The species is native to tropical eastern Africa and the southern Arabian Peninsula, ranging from Sudan to Uganda and Tanzania, and to Yemen and Oman. Typical habitats are semi-desert grassland and Acacia bushland, and occasionally on seasonally-wet grassland over clay soils, from 270 to 1350 meters elevation.
References

Vatovaea pseudolablab (Harms) J.B.Gillett. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
Gillett, J. B. (1966). "Notes on Leguminosae (Phaseoleae)". Kew Bulletin. 20 (1): 103–111. Bibcode:1966KewBu..20..103G. doi:10.2307/4107898. ISSN 0075-5974. JSTOR 4107898.