Fabaceae
Rhynchosia

Rhynchosia schimperi Hochst. ex Boiss.

First published in Fl. Orient. 2: 626 (1872)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Ethiopia to N. Somalia, Arabian Peninsula to India. It is a scrambling perennial or subshrub and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Descriptions

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]

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

Morphology General Habit
Prostrate or spreading shrub or subshrub; ultimate branches ± herbaceous, shortly grey tomentose
Morphology Leaves Leaflets
Leaflets 3, obovate to suborbicular or oblate, 0.8–2.5 x 0.6–3 cm, obtuse, truncate or emarginate, densely silvery tomentose on both sides, or dark green and more finely pubescent above; venation narrowly reticulate and ± prominent beneath
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Racemes 2–5(–7)-flowered, unbranched or rarely branched, short, equalling or not much exceeding subtending leaves
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx grey pubescent; tube 2–2.5 mm long; lowest lobe up to 4 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Standard yellow, (5–)8–12 mm long, pubescent
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod oblong, 1.5–2.2 x 0.7–0.9 cm, shortly and densely pubescent.
Distribution
N1, 3; C1; NE Ethiopia, Arabia, Pakistan, India
Ecology
Altitude range 25–1640 m.
Vernacular
Alihosat, gabal (Somali).
Note
The NE African plants tend to have larger flowers than normal in R. schimperi and previously have been called R. cliffordii.
[FSOM]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Climbing/Not climbing, Herb/Shrub
[ILDIS]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Somalia-Masai bushland and thicket
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 of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • 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