The name Tephrosia is a slight homonymy case. This name is used according to the rules of several different nomenclatural codes.

Tephrosia Pers.

Botany

Taxonomy

Fabaceae 7015

Species

Tephrosia acaciaefolia Baker 1 1
Tephrosia acaciifolia Welw. ex Baker 4 4
Tephrosia adunca Benth. 87 87
Tephrosia aemula (E.Mey.) Harv. 1 1
Tephrosia aequilata Baker 12 12
Tephrosia affinis S.Watson 5 5
Tephrosia alba Du Puy & Labat 27 23
Tephrosia ambigua D.Dietr. 1 1
Tephrosia amoena E.Mey. 5 5
Tephrosia andongensis Welw. ex Baker 1 1
Tephrosia angustissima Shuttlew. ex Chapm. 2 2
Tephrosia ansellii Hook. f. 2 2
Tephrosia anthylloides Webb 28 25
Tephrosia apollinea (Delile) DC. 104 104
Tephrosia arabica Steud. 1 1
Tephrosia argentea 1
Tephrosia argyrea 1 1
Tephrosia argyrotricha Harms 5 5
Tephrosia astragalina Kunth 3 3
Tephrosia astragaloides Benth. 6 6
Tephrosia athiensis Baker f. 1 1
Tephrosia barbigera Baker 42 41
Tephrosia berhautiana Lescot 5 4
Tephrosia betsileensis (R.Vig.) Du Puy & Labat 20 17
Tephrosia biflora DC. 1 1
Tephrosia boivini Blatt. 1 1
Tephrosia boiviniana Baill. 71 70
Tephrosia brachyloba E.Mey. 2 2
Tephrosia bracteolata Guill. & Perr. 400 395
Tephrosia burchellii Burtt Davy 2 2
Tephrosia caerulea Baker f. 3 3
Tephrosia candida (Roxb.) DC. 95 90
Tephrosia canescens E.Mey. 10 10
Tephrosia capillipes Welw. ex Baker 1 1
Tephrosia capitata Verdc. 1 1
Tephrosia caribea (Jacq.) DC. 2 2
Tephrosia cathartica (Sessé & Moc.) Urb. 1 1
Tephrosia cephalantha Welw. ex Baker 14 14
Tephrosia cephalophora Harms 2 2
Tephrosia chrysophylla Pursh 16 16
Tephrosia cinerea (L.) Pers. 166 165
Tephrosia coarctata Miq. 4 4
Tephrosia coccinea Wall. 18 18
Tephrosia coerulea (L.f.) Pers. 1 1
Tephrosia confertiflora Benth. 3 3
Tephrosia contorta N.E.Br. 1 1
Tephrosia corallicola (Small) generic León 2 2
Tephrosia cordofana Hochst. ex Baker 2 2
Tephrosia coriacea Benth. 1 1
Tephrosia coronillaefolia DC. 2 2
Tephrosia coronilloides Welw. ex Baker 5 5
Tephrosia crassifolia Benth. 5 5
Tephrosia crocea Benth. 1 1
Tephrosia cuernavacana (Rose) J.F.Macbr. 2 2
Tephrosia curvata De Wild. 5 5
Tephrosia dasyphylla Baker 6 6
Tephrosia decaryana (Dumaz-le-Grand) Du Puy & Labat 9 9
Tephrosia decora Welw. ex Baker 10 10
Tephrosia deflexa Baker 22 22
Tephrosia delestangii Pedley 1 1
Tephrosia densiflora Hook.f. 12 12
Tephrosia desertorum Scheele 7 7
Tephrosia dichotoma Desv. 8 8
Tephrosia dichrocarpa A.Rich. 3 2
Tephrosia diffusa (E.Mey.) Harv. 7 7
Tephrosia digitata DC. 1 1
Tephrosia dimorphophylla Welw. ex Baker 2 2
Tephrosia discolor E.Mey. 2 2
Tephrosia disperma Welw. ex Baker 1 1
Tephrosia diversifolia (Rose) J.F.Macbr. 3 3
Tephrosia djalonica A.Chev. 8 8
Tephrosia domingensis (Willd.) Pers. 28 28
Tephrosia dregeana E.Mey. 7 7
Tephrosia drepanocarpa Welw. ex Baker 5 5
Tephrosia dura Baker 3 3
Tephrosia egregia Sandwith 2 2
Tephrosia ehrenbergiana Schweinf. 6 6
Tephrosia elata Deflers 18 14
Tephrosia elegans Schum. 154 152
Tephrosia elongata Hook.f. 22 20
Tephrosia emarginata Kunth 1 1
Tephrosia emeroides A.Rich. 8 8
Tephrosia encoptosperma Schweinf. 1
Tephrosia erhenbergiana 1 1
Tephrosia eriocarpa Benth. 1 1
Tephrosia evansii Hutch. & Burtt Davy 1 1
Tephrosia fertilis R.T.Queiroz & A.M.G.Azevedo 2 2
Tephrosia filipes Benth. 3 3
Tephrosia flammea 6 5
Tephrosia flexuosa G.Don 17 17
Tephrosia florida (F.Dietr.) C.E.Wood 18 18
Tephrosia floridana (Vail) Isely 7 7
Tephrosia forbesii Baker 4 4
Tephrosia fulvinervis Hochst. ex A.Rich. 5 5
Tephrosia genistoides (Dumaz-le-Grand) Du Puy & Labat 19 18
Tephrosia glandulifera Benth. 1 1
Tephrosia glomeruliflora Meisn. 1 1
Tephrosia gossweileri Baker f. 1 1
Tephrosia gracilipes Guill. & Perr. 48 48
Tephrosia grandiflora (L.) Pers. 32 31
Tephrosia granitica R.Vig. 1 1
Tephrosia griseola H.M.L.Forbes 1 1
Tephrosia guaranitica Chodat & Hassl. 3 2
Tephrosia guineensis Don 1 1
Tephrosia hassleri Chodat 4 3
Tephrosia haussknechtii Bornm. 5 3
Tephrosia heckmanniana Harms 6 6
Tephrosia hildebrandtii Vatke 1 1
Tephrosia hirsuta Schumach. & Thonn. 6 6
Tephrosia hispidula (Michx.) Pers. 23 23
Tephrosia hockii De Wild. 1 1
Tephrosia holstii Taub. 3 3
Tephrosia hookeriana Wight & Arn. 8 7
Tephrosia huillensis Welw. ex Baker 1 1
Tephrosia humbertii Dumaz-le-Grand 6 6
Tephrosia humilis Guill. & Perr. 28 28
Tephrosia ibityensis (R.Vig.) Du Puy & Labat 4 4
Tephrosia incana (Roxb.) Graham ex Wight 2 2
Tephrosia intermedia Graham 1 1
Tephrosia interrupta Hochst. & Steud. 58 52
Tephrosia iringae Baker f. 2 2
Tephrosia isaloensis Du Puy & Labat 19 19
Tephrosia juncea Benth. 14 14
Tephrosia kerrii J.R. Drumm. & Craib 9 9
Tephrosia kindiana Haba, B.J.Holt & Burgt 3 3
Tephrosia kindu De Wild. 2 2
Tephrosia kotschyana Hochst. ex A.Rich. 5 5
Tephrosia kraussiana Meisn. 11 11
Tephrosia laevigata Welw. ex Baker 3 3
Tephrosia lanata M.Martens & Galeotti 3 3
Tephrosia lanceolata Graham 1 1
Tephrosia langlassei Micheli 3 3
Tephrosia lathyroides Guill. & Perr. 16 16
Tephrosia latidens (Small) Standl. 1 1
Tephrosia laurentii De Wild. 1 1
Tephrosia lebrunii Staner ex Cronq. 1 1
Tephrosia leiocarpa A.Gray 3 3
Tephrosia lepida Baker f. 11 11
Tephrosia leptoclada Benth. 3 3
Tephrosia leptostachya DC. 27 27
Tephrosia leptostachys 1
Tephrosia leratiana Harms 52 52
Tephrosia letestui Tisser. 11 11
Tephrosia leucantha Kunth 7 7
Tephrosia leucoclada Scott-Elliot 1 1
Tephrosia limpopoensis J.B.Gillett 2 2
Tephrosia lindheimeri A.Gray 11 11
Tephrosia linearis (Willd.) Pers. 345 339
Tephrosia littoralis (Jacq.) Pers. 4 4
Tephrosia longifolia (Jacq.) Pers. 1 1
Tephrosia longipes Meisn. 5 5
Tephrosia lortiae Baker f. 1 1
Tephrosia lortii Baker f. 1 1
Tephrosia lupinifolia DC. 83 82
Tephrosia lurida Sond. 11 11
Tephrosia lutea R.E.Fr. 2 2
Tephrosia lyallii Baker 54 54
Tephrosia macrantha Robinson & Greenm. 2 2
Tephrosia macrocarpa Benth. 1 1
Tephrosia macropoda (E.Mey.) Harv. 15 15
Tephrosia madrensis Seem. 1 1
Tephrosia major Micheli 7 5
Tephrosia malvina Brummitt 7 7
Tephrosia manikensis De Wild. 2 2
Tephrosia marginata Hassl. 6 5
Tephrosia maxima Pers. 8 8
Tephrosia melanocalyx Baker 3 3
Tephrosia micrantha J.B.Gillett 2 2
Tephrosia mimosoides Pers. 2 2
Tephrosia minor in herb. 1 1
Tephrosia mollis Kunth 1 1
Tephrosia moroubensis Tisserant 2 2
Tephrosia mossica A.Chev. 1 1
Tephrosia mossiensis A.Chev. 56 52
Tephrosia multifolia Rose 2 2
Tephrosia multijuga R.G.N.Young 6 6
Tephrosia nana Kotschy ex Schweinf. 196 196
Tephrosia nicaraguensis Oerst. 1 1
Tephrosia nitens Benth. ex Seem. 21 21
Tephrosia noctiflora Bojer ex Baker 80 80
Tephrosia nubica (Boiss.) Baker 105 95
Tephrosia nyikensis Baker 1 1
Tephrosia obbiadensis Chiov. 1 1
Tephrosia obcordata (Lam. ex Poir.) Baker 108 100
Tephrosia oblongata Benth. 3 3
Tephrosia obovata Merr. 2 2
Tephrosia ochroleuca (Jacq.) Pers. 1 1
Tephrosia oligophylla Benth. 2 2
Tephrosia onobrychoides Nutt. 16 16
Tephrosia oraria Hance 1 1
Tephrosia oroboides Kunth 2 2
Tephrosia oubanguiensis Tisserant 6 6
Tephrosia oxygona Welw. ex Baker 4 4
Tephrosia pachyphylla Kuntze 1 1
Tephrosia pallens (Dryand. ex Aiton) Pers. 7 7
Tephrosia palmeri S.Watson 3 3
Tephrosia paniculata Welw. ex Baker 33 33
Tephrosia parvifolia (R.Vig.) Du Puy & Labat 25 25
Tephrosia pauciflora Wall. 1 1
Tephrosia paucijuga Harms 4 4
Tephrosia pedicellata Baker 75 75
Tephrosia pentaphylla Sweet 5 5
Tephrosia perrieri R.Viguier 22 22
Tephrosia persica Boiss. 13 13
Tephrosia phaeosperma F.Muell. ex Benth. 4 4
Tephrosia phylloxylon (R.Vig.) Du Puy & Labat 34 34
Tephrosia pinifolia Du Puy & Labat 3 3
Tephrosia piscatoria (Aiton) Pers. 37 37
Tephrosia platycarpa Guill. & Perr. 128 127
Tephrosia plicata Oliv. 8 8
Tephrosia pogonostigma Boiss. 10 10
Tephrosia polycarpa Guill. & Perr. 1 1
Tephrosia polyphylla (Chiov.) J.B.Gillett 3 3
Tephrosia polystachya E.Mey. 32 32
Tephrosia polystachyoides Baker f. 3 3
Tephrosia polyzyga F.Muell. ex Benth. 4 4
Tephrosia porrecta Benth. 1 1
Tephrosia praecana Brummitt 1 1
Tephrosia preussii Taub. 7 7
Tephrosia pringlei (Rose) J.F.Macbr. 2 2
Tephrosia pulchella Hook.f. 2 2
Tephrosia pulcherrima Wight ex Baker 3 3
Tephrosia pumila (Lam.) Pers. 157 157
Tephrosia punctata J.B.Gillett 1 1
Tephrosia pungens (R.Vig.) Du Puy & Labat 77 71
Tephrosia pusilla (Thunb.) Pers. 1 1
Tephrosia quartiniana Cufod. 14 14
Tephrosia quercetorum C.E.Wood 2 2
Tephrosia radicans Baker 5 5
Tephrosia repentina J.R.Drummond & Craib 1 1
Tephrosia reptans Baker 43 43
Tephrosia retamoides (Baker) Soler. 28 28
Tephrosia rhodantha Brandegee 1 1
Tephrosia rhodesica Baker f. 9 9
Tephrosia richardsiae J.B.Gillett 4 4
Tephrosia rigidula Welw. ex Baker 2 2
Tephrosia rosea F.Muell. ex Benth. 2 2
Tephrosia rubica 1 1
Tephrosia rufescens Benth. 5 5
Tephrosia rugelii Shuttlew. ex B.L. Rob. 2 2
Tephrosia rupicola J.B.Gillett 1 1
Tephrosia schiedeana Schltdl. 1 1
Tephrosia schweinfurthii Deflers 5 4
Tephrosia secunda Welw. ex Baker 1 1
Tephrosia semiglabra Sond. 4 4
Tephrosia sengaensis Baker f. 1 1
Tephrosia senna Kunth 22 22
Tephrosia senticosa (P.A.Duvign.) Pers. 2 2
Tephrosia sericea Baker 1 1
Tephrosia sessiliflora (Poir.) Hassl. 20 20
Tephrosia shiluwanensis Schinz 2 2
Tephrosia simplicifolia F. Muell. ex Benth. 1 1
Tephrosia sinapou (Buc'hoz) A.Chev. 84 84
Tephrosia sp. 576 549
Tephrosia spathacea Hutch. & Burtt Davy 2 2
Tephrosia sphaerosperma (DC.) Baker 1 1
Tephrosia spicata (Walter) Torr. & A.Gray 42 42
Tephrosia spinosa (L.f.) Pers. 19 19
Tephrosia stipuligera W.Fitzg. 1 1
Tephrosia stormsii De Wild. 18 18
Tephrosia striata Ecklon & Zeyher ex Steudel 2 2
Tephrosia stricta (L.f.) Pers. 6 6
Tephrosia subaphylla Du Puy & Labat 20 20
Tephrosia suberosa DC. 5 5
Tephrosia subpraecox Cronquist 1 1
Tephrosia subtriflora Hochst. ex Baker 41 40
Tephrosia supina Domin 1 1
Tephrosia swynnertonii Baker f. 1 1
Tephrosia sylviae J.Berhaut 4 4
Tephrosia talpa S.Watson 1 1
Tephrosia tenella A.Gray 13 13
Tephrosia tenuis Wall. 4 4
Tephrosia texana (Rydb.) Cory 1 1
Tephrosia timorensis DC. 2 2
Tephrosia tinctoria (L.) Pers. 65 65
Tephrosia toxicaria (Sw.) Pers. 30 28
Tephrosia transvaalensis Hutch. & Burtt Davy 1 1
Tephrosia uniflora Pers. 176 165
Tephrosia venustula Kunth 1 1
Tephrosia vestita Vogel 67 67
Tephrosia vicioides Schltr. 10 9
Tephrosia viguieri Du Puy & Labat 12 12
Tephrosia villosa (L.) Pers. 145 141
Tephrosia virginiana (L.) Pers. 111 111
Tephrosia vogelii Hook.f. 272 262
Tephrosia vohimenaensis Du Puy & Labat 5 5
Tephrosia volkonskyana Maire 2 2
Tephrosia wallichii Graham 1 1
Tephrosia watsoniana (Standl.) J.F.Macbr. 5 5
Tephrosia zollingeri Backer 3 3

7015 Specimens registered in collections

Collection Number of specimens (or sets)
Dep. Breeding and Veterinary Medicine (ALF) 2
Ethnobotany (PAT) 7
Gardens (JB) 33
Univ. Montpellier - Inst. of Botany (MPU) 367
Vascular plants (P) 6606

Tephrosia Pers.

Zoology

Taxonomy

Arthropoda 1
Insecta 1
Lepidoptera 1
Geometridae 1

Species

Tephrosia exesaria Guenée, 1858 1 1

Specimens registered in collections

Collection Number of specimens (or sets)
Insects - Lepidoptera (EL) 1