Tephrosia heterophylla Vatke

First published in Oesterr. Bot. Z. 28: 214 (1878)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is NE. Tropical Africa to Kenya, SW. Arabian Peninsula. It is a perennial 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: confident
[AERP]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Somalia-Masai bushland and thicket
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Herb
[ILDIS]

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

Morphology General Habit
Perennial up to 50 cm tall
Morphology Leaves
Leaves 1-foliolate; petiole (1–)2–5 mm long; leaflet linear to narrowly oblong, up to 90 x 5(–7) mm, glabrous or sparsely strigulose above, usually appressed pubescent beneath
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers red, 1–2(–3) together in the leaf-axils
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx pubescent, c. 3–4 mm long with ovate-acuminate lobes about as long as the tube
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Standard pubescent, c. 8 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Style
Style glabrous, 2–2.5 mm long, with a few short hairs at the tip
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod slightly upcurved, c. 45 x 4 mm, usually minutely appressed pubescent
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds c. 6–7, c. 4 x 1.5 mm, wrinkled.
[FSOM]

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