Fabaceae
Requienia

Requienia pseudosphaerosperma (Schinz) Brummitt

First published in Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2, 41: 220 (1968)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Africa. It is a perennial or shrub and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Descriptions

Flora Zambesiaca Leguminosae subfamily Papillionoideae by R.K. Brummitt

Morphology General Indumentum
Young stems shortly appressed- or spreading-tomentose, whitish.
Distribution
Known also from Namibia and South Africa (Limpopo Province).
Ecology
Wooded grassland on Kalahari sands; c.1000 m.
Morphology General Habit
An undershrub or shrub up to 1.5 m high. An undershrub or shrub up to 1.5 m high.
Morphology Stem
Young stems shortly appressed- or spreading-tomentose, whitish.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves unifoliolate; petiole 1–4 mm long, pubescent; leaflet up to 5.5 × 1.3 cm, ovate to oblong, ± cuneate at the base, rounded at the apex, both surfaces about equally densely whitish or greyish appressed-pubescent to sublanate. Leaves unifoliolate; petiole 1–4 mm long, pubescent; leaflet up to 5.5 × 1.3 cm, ovate to oblong, ± cuneate at the base, rounded at the apex, both surfaces about equally densely whitish or greyish appressed-pubescent to sublanate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx 4–5 mm long, whitish appressed-pubescent to tomentose. Calyx 4–5 mm long, whitish appressed-pubescent to tomentose.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Petals purple; standard 6–8 mm long; wing petals 6–7 mm long; keel petals 5–6 mm long. Petals purple; standard 6–8 mm long; wing petals 6–7 mm long; keel petals 5–6 mm long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod c.10 × 4 mm, appressed- or spreading-tomentose or villous, whitish. Pod c.10 × 4 mm, appressed- or spreading-tomentose or villous, whitish.
[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: confident
[AERP]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Morphology General Habit
Annual, 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

  • 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