Fabaceae
Aeschynomene

Aeschynomene lateriticola Verdc.

First published in Kew Bull. 24: 5 (1970)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Zambia. It is a perennial and 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]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Insufficiently known
Ecology
Africa: Zambezian grassland
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Herb
[ILDIS]

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

Morphology General Habit
Perennial prostrate herb with 2–4 stems 30–45 cm long from a woody rootstock.
Morphology Stem
Stems much-branched, densely covered with setiform hairs 1–1.5 mm long.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves 12–24-foliolate; leaflets 1.5–3 × 0.5–0.8 mm, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, acute and aristulate at the apex, obliquely rounded at the base, glabrous; main nerve central or nearly so; petiole and rhachis together 8–10 mm long, setulose; petiolules minute; stipules 4–5 × 1–1.5 mm, lanceolate, acuminate, not appendaged at the base, leaf-like, nervose, ciliate, reflexed, persistent.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers axillary, solitary, pedicels 3–5.5 mm long, glabrous or sparsely setulose; bracteoles 3 × 0.5–0.7 mm, narrowly lanceolate, acute, ciliate on the margins.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx glabrous, 2-lipped; lips 3–5 × 2.5–3 mm, ovate, one rounded, the other shortly 3-fid.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Standard orange-yellow, 7 × 4.5–5 mm, violin-shaped; wings and keel yellow, the petals of the latter not laciniate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruit of 1–2 articles joined by a narrow neck; articles almost round, 4.2 × 4 mm, compressed, glabrous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds 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/

  • 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