Tephrosia cordatistipula J.B.Gillett

First published in Kew Bull. 13: 131 (1958)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is South Sudan to Uganda. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical 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: low confidence
[AERP]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19891456/20151058

Conservation
LC - least concern
[IUCN]

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

Morphology General Habit
Procumbent herb; stems reddish, sparsely appressed pilose.
Morphology Leaves
Leaf-rhachis up to 10 cm. long, including a petiole of up to 4 cm., not or hardly prolonged beyond lateral leaflets; stipules broadly ovate, auriculate at one side, up to 8 by 5 mm.; leaflets 7–15, narrowly oblong, up to 35 by 5 mm., rounded at the tip, glabrous above, pilose beneath.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers pinkish-white in short pedunculate pseudoracemes and in upper leaf-axils; bracts broadly ovate, caducous; pedicels up to 5 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx reddish, sparsely appressed pilose; tube 2–3 mm. long; upper teeth minute (± 0.2 mm. long), lateral ovate, 1.5 mm. long, lowest 2.5 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Standard silver and golden silky, ± 15 mm. long by 16 mm. wide; wings and keel glabrous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Upper filament lightly attached, callously thickened 1 mm. above the base; filament-sheath ± 12 mm., free parts 3–4 mm., anthers 0.7 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Style
Style pubescent on both sides, bent through 80° near the base, ± 6 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod straw-coloured with thickened green sutures, nearly straight, ± 5 cm. long by 5 mm. wide by 1.5 mm. thick, sparsely appressed pilose; beak continuing line of upper suture, rather downcurved.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds 10–13, greenish black, obliquely transverse, ± 3 by 1.8 mm.; hilum at the side of the base, hardly arillate.
Habitat
On granite outcrops; 1100 m.; rainfall 1180 mm.
Distribution
U3
[FTEA]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Sudanian grasslands
Morphology General Habit
Annual, Not climbing, Herb
[ILDIS]

Sources

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    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    • 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