Fabaceae
Aeschynomene

Aeschynomene glabrescens Welw. ex Baker

First published in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 2: 148 (1871)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is DR Congo to S. Tropical Africa. 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: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Leguminosae, B. Verdcourt. Flora Zambesiaca 3:6. 2000

Morphology General Habit
Subshrub 20–45 cm tall with long fusiform secondary roots; young stems glabrous or nearly so, rarely pubescent.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves 10–54-foliolate; leaflets 5–20 × 1.5–6 mm, elliptic or elliptic-oblong, obtuse, rounded or mucronulate at the apex, obliquely rounded at the base, glabrous; main nerve central, lateral nerves prominent, all reaching the margin and joining to form a distinct marginal nerve; petiole and rhachis together 2–9.5 cm long, at first with a few sparse hairs but soon glabrous; petiolules up to 1 mm long; stipules 5–10 × 1–3 mm, linear-lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, not appendaged at the base, glabrous, deciduous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescences terminal and axillary, lax and many-flowered, 8–25 cm long; peduncles 4–7 cm long; pedicels 5–9 mm long; bracts 3–4 × 2–2.5 mm, elliptic, entire, very deciduous; bracteoles 2.5–3 × 1–1.5 mm, elliptic, mostly emarginate and mucronulate, at length deciduous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx glabrous, 2-lipped; one lip 4.5–6 × 5–5.5 mm, rounded-ovate, emarginate, the other 5–6.5 × 4–5 mm, ovate-oblong, shortly 3-fid.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Standard yellow or orange, 9–10 × 3–4 mm, elliptic-oblong, emarginate; wings exceeding the keel which is not laciniate; filament sheath very much shorter than the fruit stipe which is 8–11 mm long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruit of 1 article, 14–18 × 10–12 mm, broadly elliptic or semicircular, flat and papery, glabrous, reticulate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds not seen.
[FZ]

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