Fabaceae
Rhynchosia

Rhynchosia chimanimaniensis Verdc.

First published in Kew Bull. 55: 144 (2000)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Zimbabwe to Mozambique. It grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/66106867/66106871

Conservation
EN - endangered
[IUCN]

Leguminosae, B. Mackinder, R. Pasquet, R. Polhill and B. Verdcourt. Flora Zambesiaca 3:5. 2001

Morphology General Habit
Herb or subshrub 0.5–1.8 m tall; stems clustered, angular, with prominent nodes, densely grey pubescent when young, older parts glabrous; short lateral branches sometimes present.
Morphology Leaves Leaflets
Leaflet 1, 2.5–7.5 × 1.4–4.3 cm, elliptic-ovate, obtuse at the apex, cordate at the base, grey pubescent on both surfaces, velvety when very young, eventually glabrescent; venation raised and very reticulate beneath, strongly contrasting with ± plane venation above; petiole and petiolule together 4–7 mm long; stipules 3–5 × 0.8 mm, lanceolate, glabrous inside.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Racemes terminal and from upper axils, 5–8.5 cm long, the flowers congested; rhachis densely velvety grey pubescent and with some longer yellow tubercular based hairs; pedicels 2 mm long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx pubescent similar to rhachis; tube shortly tubular, 4–5 mm long; lobes subequal, 5–7 mm long, lanceolate, the upper pair shortly joined.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla yellow; standard with purple striae, 17 × 8 mm (including 5 mm long claw), oblong-obovate, auricled at the base, glabrous; keel with dark purple tips.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
Ovary densely silky hairy.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pods not seen.
[FZ]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0