Tephrosia lebrunii Staner ex Cronquist

First published in Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 22: 230 (1952)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Burkina Faso, South Sudan to Uganda. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Descriptions

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Guinea-Congolia/Sudania regional transition zone; grasslands., Afromontane 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]

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

Morphology General Habit
Erect rather woody herb up to 3 m. tall; stems densely silvery silky.
Morphology Leaves
Leaf-rhachis up to 10 cm. long, including a petiole of up to 15 mm., prolonged 2–9 mm. beyond lateral leaflets; stipules caducous; leaflets 5–15, narrowly elliptic-oblanceolate, up to 6 cm. long by 15 mm. wide, acute, densely silvery silky beneath and at margins, glabrous above except for the silky margin; midrib much impressed above, nerve network prominent above and beneath, chief lateral nerves ± 18 on each side.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers orange in terminal and lateral moderately dense many-flowered pseudoracemes; bracts lanceolate, caducous, ± 7 mm. long; bracteoles similar, near or above the middle of the pedicels, which are up to 15 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx densely brownish silky; tube ± 4 mm. long; lobes ovate-triangular, upper pair more than half united, ± 2 mm. long, lateral ± 5 mm., lowest 6–7 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Standard densely brownish silky outside, ± 22 mm. long by 27 mm. wide; keel brownish silky at the joined edge.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Upper filament firmly attached for 7 mm., bent and callous 1.5 mm. above the base; filament-sheath ± 15 mm., free parts 4–7 mm., anthers 2 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Style
Style curved through 90° near base, tapering, pubescent on both sides, ± 12 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod 10–12-seeded, densely whitish tomentose, almost straight, ± 11 cm. long by 1 cm. wide.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Ripe seeds not seen.
Habitat
Grassland; 1200–2200 m.; rainfall ? about 1300 mm.
Distribution
U1 U2
[FTEA]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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    • 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