Tephrosia vogeliiHook.f.

Vogel's tephrosia

WFO wfo-0000204544 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Tephrosia vogelii, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. a Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / 2020-04-15 / obs. 67688419
Tephrosia vogelii, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. b Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 67688341
Tephrosia vogelii, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. c Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 67688386
Tephrosia vogelii, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. d Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 67688680
Tephrosia vogelii, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. e Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 67688465
Tephrosia vogelii, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. f Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 66015306
Tephrosia vogelii, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. g Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 66015376
Tephrosia vogelii, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. h Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 66015276

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Native range 31 botanical countries

Regions where Tephrosia vogelii is native: Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Republic, Comoros, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe AngolaBeninBurundiCameroonCape ProvincesCentral African RepublicDR CongoEquatorial GuineaEthiopiaGabonGhanaGuineaGuinea-BissauGulf of Guinea Is.Ivory CoastKenyaLiberiaMalawiMaliMozambiqueNigeriaRwandaSenegalSierra LeoneSudan-South SudanTanzaniaTogoUgandaZambiaZimbabwe Comoros
Native distribution of Tephrosia vogelii, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Angola ANG AFRICA
Benin BEN
Burundi BUR
Cameroon CMN
Cape Provinces CPP
Central African Republic CAF
Comoros COM
DR Congo ZAI
Equatorial Guinea EQG
Ethiopia ETH
Gabon GAB
Ghana GHA
Guinea GUI
Guinea-Bissau GNB
Gulf of Guinea Is. GGI
Ivory Coast IVO
Kenya KEN
Liberia LBR
Malawi MLW
Mali MLI
Mozambique MOZ
Nigeria NGA
Rwanda RWA
Senegal SEN
Sierra Leone SIE
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tanzania TAN
Togo TOG
Uganda UGA
Zambia ZAM
Zimbabwe ZIM

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 4 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Cracca vogelii (Hook.f.) Kuntze
  • Tephrosia inebrians Welw.
  • Tephrosia megalantha Micheli
  • Tephrosia periculosa Baker

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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