Fabaceae
Rhynchosia

Rhynchosia fleckii Schinz

First published in Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 52: 428 (1907)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Zambia to S. Africa. It is a perennial and 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
Small prostrate or ascending herb with ± woody stems 10–50 cm long, densely softly pubescent.
Morphology Leaves Leaflets
Leaflets 3, 1.3–3 × 0.8–2.5 cm, ovate, obovate, ± rhombic or almost round, the laterals ± oblique, rounded and very shortly apiculate at the apex, rounded or obtusely angled at the base, densely shortly appressed pubescent on both surfaces; venation prominent and reticulate on both surfaces but particularly beneath where main venation often dries reddish; petiole 5–15 mm long; rhachis 1–8 mm long; stipules c. 3–4 × 0.8–1 mm, narrowly triangular-lanceolate, hairy outside.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescences shorter than the leaves, 1–4-flowered; peduncles 6–10 mm long; pedicels 1–2.5 mm long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx densely pubescent; tube 2.5 mm long; lobes 4–6 mm long, lanceolate, linear-attenuate and sometimes curled at the apex.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Standard yellow, 7–8 × 4 mm, glabrous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pods 20–25 × 7–8 mm, oblong-oblanceolate, finely puberulous and with longer gland based hairs.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds not seen.
[FZ]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Kalahari-Highveld regional transition zone; grassland.
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Herb
[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: confident
[AERP]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Insufficiently known
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Climbing/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