Fabaceae
Rhynchosia

Rhynchosia sordida (E.Mey.) Schinz

First published in Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 66: 227 (1921)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Tropical & S. Africa. It is a perennial, subshrub or shrub and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Descriptions

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

Morphology General Habit
Erect herb or small shrub 0.4–1.8 m tall; all parts silvery silky appressed hairy particularly at apices of shoots but leaves eventually much less so or ± glabrescent.
Morphology Leaves Leaflets
Leaflets 3, 1.5–8 × 0.6–4.5 cm, elliptic, oblong-elliptic or ovate, obtuse to subacute but apiculate at the apex, rounded to cuneate at the base, rather prominently 3-nerved from the base, the laterals often reaching over half-way up the lamina; petiole 2–4 mm long; rhachis (excluding petiolule) c. 1 mm long; stipules 6 × 2 mm, lanceolate, silky outside.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescences axillary, shorter than the leaves, 1–2-flowered; peduncle 6 mm long; pedicels 2 mm long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx tube 2 mm long; lobes 5–9 × 1–1.5 mm, narrowly triangular-lanceolate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla yellow; standard 9(12) × 4.5 mm (including short claw), oblong, glabrous, with sparse hairs at the apex.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pods 15–20 × 6 mm, oblong, densely silky pilose.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds blackish-brown, 5 × 4 × 2 mm, compressed oblong-ellipsoid.
[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]

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