Crotalaria jubae Polhill

First published in Kew Bull. 22: 256 (1968)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Somalia. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland 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: Somalia-Masai grasslands
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Herb
[ILDIS]

M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS

Type
S3, “Tirina”, Senni 280 (FT holo.)
Morphology General Habit
Herb, up to at least 40 cm tall; branches shortly appressed pubescent
Morphology Leaves Leaflets
Leaflets 3, oblong-elliptic to obovate-elliptic, (15–)20–35 x (4–)7–16 mm, usully glabrous above, appressed puberulous beneath; petiole shorter to longer than the leaflets
Morphology Leaves Stipules
Stipules absent
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Racemes fairly dense, many-flowered
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx 3.5–4.5 mm long, appressed puberulous; lobes longer than the tube
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Standard yellow, glabrous outside; keel rounded, 8–9 mm long, with a fairly short narrow incurved beak
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod 13–15 mm long, oblong-clavate, appressed puberulous outside.
Distribution
S3 not known elsewhere.
Ecology
Altitude range 30–120 m.
[FSOM]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/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