Tephrosia alpestris Taub.

First published in Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1894: 58 (1894)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tanzania. It grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

Leguminosae, J. B. Gillett, R. M. Polhill & B. Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1971

Morphology General Habit
Stems appressed pubescent, probably procumbent.
Morphology Leaves
Petiole short; leaflets 3, or rarely 1, linear or linear-oblong, glabrous above, appressed pubescent beneath.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescence usually 2-fiowered on a peduncle rather shorter than the leaf; pedicel and calyx rusty tomentose, about equal in length; calyx-teeth lanceolate-subulate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Standard silky outside, about 3 times as long as the calyx.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod elongated, rusty tomentose.
Habitat
Upland bushland; about 1600 m.
Distribution
T3
[FTEA]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Insufficiently known
Ecology
Africa: Afromontane(upland) bushland and thicket.
Morphology General Habit
Annual, 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: threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • 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