Fabaceae
Rhynchosia

Rhynchosia stipata Meikle

First published in Kirkia 4: 141 (1964)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Zimbabwe to Mozambique. It is a climber and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/66106889/66106900

Conservation
LC - least concern
[IUCN]

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: low confidence
[AERP]

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

Morphology General Habit
Climber; stems slender, densely covered with pale spreading ferruginous hairs.
Morphology Leaves Leaflets
Leaflets 3, 2–3 × 2–3.5 cm, broadly ovate to almost round, obtuse but mucronulate at the apex, rounded to slightly cordate at the base, pubescent, venation reticulate beneath; petiole 1–3 cm long with similar indumentum to stem; rhachis 5–15 mm long; stipules 2–4 × 1 mm, narrowly triangular, hairy outside, nervose.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescences axillary with flowers congested at the apex; peduncles 2–3(4) cm long; pedicels 1–2 mm long; bracts 5–6 × 2 mm, ovate-lanceolate, cuspidate-acuminate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx densely ferruginous-pilose; tube 3 mm long; lobes 4–6 mm long, narrowly triangular-subulate, the lowest the longest.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Standard yellow with dark red or purple striations, 10–13 × 6–8 cm, obovate, glabrous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Young fruits densely silky hairy but adult pods and seeds not seen.
[FZ]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Insufficiently known
Ecology
Africa: Afromontane grassland
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, 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/

  • 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