Fabaceae
Argyrolobium

Argyrolobium ramosissimum Baker

First published in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 2: 46 (1871)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Ethiopia to Kenya. It grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Descriptions

Leguminosae, J. B. Gillett, R. M. Polhill & B. Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1971

Morphology General Habit
Perennial with numerous often rather woody spreading or ascending stems from a woody stock and under favourable conditions also from narrow spreading rhizomes, up to 1–7 dm. tall.
Morphology Stem
Stems slender, much branched, rather thinly spreading pilose, ultimately glabrescent.
Morphology Leaves
Leaflets oblanceolate to obovate-elliptic or obovate, up to 8–24 mm. long and 4–9 mm. wide, with a few scattered hairs above, sparsely pilose beneath; petiole ± 2–4 mm. long.
Morphology Leaves Stipules
Stipules linear-caudate or filiform, ± 2–5 mm. long, free.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Racemes subumbelliform on 0·5–7 cm. long peduncles, ± 1–12(–16)-flowered; bracts mostly linear, up to 2–4 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx 6–10 mm. long, subglabrous to pilose; upper lobes subulate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Standard obovate, 7–10 mm. long, yellow, glabrous to pilose outside; wings with crescent-shaped folds between the upper veins; keel-petals 7–10 mm. long, with a prominent crest on the lateral surface and a claw longer than the blade-width, glabrous along the margin.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod 13–28 mm. long, 4 mm. wide, with the valves transversely constricted between the seeds, spreading pilose, ± 8–10-seeded.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds oblong-ovoid, ± 2–2·5 mm. long, mauvish-brown.
Figures
Fig. 138/23, p. 1003.
Habitat
Upland evergreen bushland and margins of upland rain-forest; 2000–2550 m.
Distribution
K3 K5
[FTEA]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Afromontane(upland) bushland and thicket., Afromontane grassland
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Herb/Shrub
[ILDIS]

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: low confidence
[AERP]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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    • 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