Fabaceae
Ophrestia

Ophrestia torrei Verdc.

First published in Kew Bull. 24: 260 (1970)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Angola to Zambia. It grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

Leguminosae, B. Mackinder, R. Pasquet, R. Polhill and B. Verdcourt. Flora Zambesiaca 3:5. 2001

Morphology General Habit
Erect herb or small subshrub to 90 cm tall.
Morphology Stem
Stems subvelvety with spreading or appressed hairs.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves 3–5-foliolate; leaflets 2–13 × 0.8–5.2 cm, oblong to elliptic, rounded or retuse and minutely mucronulate at the apex, rounded or slightly subcordate at the base, slightly appressed pilose above, densely pilose beneath, particularly on the nerves; venation densely reticulate; petiole 1–2 cm long; rhachis 0.7–5.2 cm long; stipules 4–7 × 0.5–0.8 mm, linear-lanceolate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescences 11–36 cm long, falsely racemose with numerous 5–10-flowered fascicles along the rhachis; peduncles 1.5–5 cm long; pedicels 0.5 mm long; bracts 3–6 mm long, linear-lanceolate, persistent; bracteoles 2–3.5 mm long, filiform.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx densely brown hairy; tube 2 mm long; 3 lower lobes 2–3 × 1 mm, narrowly triangular, upper pair joined to form a shortly bifid lobe 3 × 3 mm.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla greenish-white with brown pubescence; standard 6–8 × 2.5–3.5 mm, oblong-cuneiform or slightly panduriform, rounded at the apex; claw 1.5 mm long; wings 5.5–7.5 mm long, distinctly spurred.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
Ovary 2-ovulate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruits not known.
[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: low confidence
[AERP]

International Legume Database and Information Service

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