Fabaceae
Rhynchosia

Rhynchosia gansole Chiov.

First published in Atti Reale Accad. Italia, Mem. Cl. Sci. Fis. 11: 28 (1940)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Somalia. It is a shrub and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Descriptions

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Insufficiently known
Ecology
Africa: Somalia-Masai bushland and thicket
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Shrub
[ILDIS]

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

Type
C1, “Merehan”, Robecchi-Bricchetti 361 (FT lecto.).
Morphology General Habit
Shrub up to 3 m tall, with spreading or rambling branches; young stem rather sparsely pubescent and glandular
Morphology Leaves Leaflets
Leaflets 3, broadly elliptic to obovate or subcircular, 0.7–3 x 0.5–2.4 cm, rounded and distinctly mucronate at the apex, minutely puberulous and usually with scattered longer tubercle-based hairs on both surfaces; venation prominent; stipels absent; stipules c. 1.5–2.5 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescence fairly lax, c. 4–12-flowered
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx minutely puberulous and with scattered longer hairs; tube c. 2–2.5 mm long; lobes 2–3 mm long, the lowest the longest
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Standard yellow, 10.5–12 mm long, densely pubescent outside
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Young pod up to 23 x 7 mm, sparsely pubescent with often tubercle-based hairs.
Distribution
N3; C1, 2 not known elsewhere.
Ecology
Altitude range 150–300 m.
Vernacular
Gansole (Somali).
[FSOM]

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: low confidence
[AERP]

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