Fabaceae
Pomaria

Pomaria burchellii (DC.) B.B.Simpson & G.P.Lewis

First published in Kew Bull. 58: 182 (2003)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Zimbabwe to S. Africa. It is a subshrub or perennial and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Descriptions

Leguminosae, R.K. Brummitt, A.C. Chikuni, J.M. Lock and R.M. Polhill. Flora Zambesiaca 3:2. 2007

Morphology General Habit
Shortly erect or decumbent-ascending herb or rarely a subshrub with stems 12–45 cm long arising from a woody rootstock, at least in subsp. burchellii, bearing fusiform tubers up to 15 cm long.
Morphology Stem
Stems with sparsely appressed to densely spreading hairs usually interspersed with conspicuous longer pale plumose setae up to 2 mm long; dark glands present on stems, leaves, inflorescences, calyces and pods.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves: petiole and rachis pubescent like the stem, with plumose setae aggregated at insertion of pinnae and leaflets; petiole 0.5–2.7 cm long; rachis (excluding terminal pinna) 0–6.5 cm long; pinnae 1–4 pairs; rachides of lateral pinnae 0.7–2.4 cm long, with 2–6 pairs of leaflets; rachides of terminal pinna 1.5–10.5 cm long, with 4–12 pairs of leaflets; leaflets 4–11× 2–5(7) mm, usually oblong to oblong-elliiptic, glabrous to appressed pubescent; stipules up to 8 × 1.5 mm, lanceolate with marginal plumose setae, pubescent like the stem.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescence (including peduncle) up to 12.5 cm long; pedicels up to 3(6) mm long in flower; bracts linear-lanceolate with plumose setae, deciduous before the buds open.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx lobes unequal, the lowest up to 6 × 3.5 mm, the upper ones up to 6 × 2 mm.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Petals unequal, up to 6 × 2.5 mm, recorded as red, orange, salmon, pink or purple.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Stamens 10, filaments alternately longer and shorter, up to 6 mm long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
Ovary subsessile, pubescent.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pods 1.8–3.2 × 0.8–1 cm, obliquely oblong, straight or slightly curved, buff with conspicuous dark glands, with or without short pubescence, densely covered with plumose setae, 3–4-seeded.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds 5–6.5 × 3.5–6 mm.
[FZ]

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: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Zambezian woodland, Kalahari-Highveld Regional Transition Zone - woodland
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Herb/Shrub
[ILDIS]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Zambezian woodland
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Herb/Shrub
[ILDIS]

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/

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/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