Trifolium

Trifolium burchellianum Ser.

First published in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 2: 200 (1825)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Ethiopia to S. Africa. 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: Afromontane grassland, Afromontane (upland) shrubland ('moorland')., Afromontane bamboo thicket.
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Herb
[ILDIS]

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

Morphology General Habit
Perennial herb with a taproot; stems glabrous, or nearly so, creeping and rooting at the nodes or, less often, ascending.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves glabrous or nearly so, with a well-developed free petiole; free part of stipule (in Flora area) triangular, tapering gradually to the tip, much shorter than the base; leaflets cuneate-obovate, cuneate-oblong or cuneate-elliptic, less often oblong, emarginate or, less often, truncate or rounded at the tip, up to 25(–50) by 19 mm. wide; teeth rather small; main nerves 10–15 on each side at ± 50° to the midrib.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescences many-flowered, ± globular, up to 3 cm. across; peduncle longer than subtending leaf, pilose towards the top; bracts 0–5·2 mm. long; pedicels stout, 2–2·5 mm. long, ± erect in fruit, glabrous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx glabrous except for a few hairs at the margin; tube 11-nerved, 2–3 mm. long; teeth triangular for ± 0·5 mm. at the base only, then subulate, in all 4–7 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla purple; standard 8–13 mm. long; blade of wing straight, ± oblong, its auricle less than 0·5 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
Ovary glabrous or minutely scabrid-punctate, 2(less often 3 or 4)-ovulate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod ± 5 by 3 mm.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds 1–2, dark brown, irregularly oval, ± 2·1 by 1·8 mm.
[FTEA]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • 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