Fabaceae
Rhynchosia

Rhynchosia galpinii Baker f.

First published in Bothalia 1: 135 (1923)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mozambique. It is a shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Insufficiently known
Ecology
Africa: Kalahari-Highveld regional transition zone; grassland.
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Herb
[ILDIS]

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

Morphology General Habit
Erect subshrub 0.6–1.5 m tall, with several striate densely appressed velvety buff pubescent stems.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets very discolorous; terminal leaflet 3.5–6 × 2.2–4 cm, obovate to elliptic or almost round, rounded to subacute at the apex, minutely apiculate, narrowed to a rounded or subcordate base; laterals 1.7–5 × 0.9–2.5 cm, elliptic-oblong; all appressed pubescent above, the hairs not obscuring the dark surface, densely silvery velvety beneath, the surface entirely hidden; petiole 2–7 mm long; rhachis 8–10 mm long; petiolules 2.5 mm long, very densely pubescent; stipules 3 × 2 mm, narrowly ovate to lanceolate, very deciduous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescences shorter than the leaves, 2.5–5 cm long, mostly 3–5-flowered but sometimes branched; peduncles 0.4–2.5 cm long; bracts 3–4 × 2 mm, narrowly ovate-oblong, very soon falling; pedicels 4–8 mm long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx pubescent; tube 5 mm long; longest lobe 5 mm long, lanceolate-triangular; laterals 4 mm long, ovate, acuminate; upper pair 5 mm long, joined for three-fifths of their length.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla yellow; standard 19 × 15 mm, obovate, densely pubescent outside.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pods 27 × 8.5 mm, oblong, pubescent with short and long grey hairs.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Ripe seeds not seen.
[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]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/47608242/181052307

Conservation
DD - data deficient
[IUCN]

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/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • 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