Tephrosia obbiadensis Chiov.

First published in Fl. Somala 1: 144 (1929)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Ethiopia to Somalia. It is a shrub and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Descriptions

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Somalia-Masai bushland and thicket
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Shrub
[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: low confidence
[AERP]

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

Morphology General Habit
Slender shrub
Morphology Leaves
Leaf-rhachis up to 1.5 cm long, including a petiole of up to 1 cm
Morphology Leaves Leaflets
Leaflets 3–7, oblanceolate, up to 21 x 6 mm, ± densely pubescent on both sides or glabrous above
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers purple, 1–2 together from clusters of leaves on short shoots; pedicels to 10 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx appressed pubescent, 3.5–5 mm long with narrowly triangular lobes to 2.5 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Standard broadly ovate, pubescent, c. 12–15 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Style
Style glabrous, 4–5 mm long, densely penicillate at the tip
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod slightly upcurved towards the tip, up to 70 x 4.5 mm, pubescent, c. 5–8-seeded.
[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