Trifolium

Trifolium lanceolatum (J.B.Gillett) J.B.Gillett

First published in Kew Bull. 24: 219 (1970)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Ethiopia to Tanzania. It is an annual and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Descriptions

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Afromontane grassland, Afromontane (upland) anthropic landscapes
Morphology General Habit
Annual, Not climbing, Herb
[ILDIS]

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

Morphology General Habit
More or less erect annual resembling T. rueppellianum.
Morphology Leaves
Differs from T. rueppellianum in the stipules being usually somewhat laciniate at the margin, in the leaflets which are lanceolate and very acute, up to 27 mm. long by 7 mm. wide, with prominent whitish nerves set at an angle of ± 30° with the midrib, and the pilose calyx.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla purple, ± 5 mm. long, shorter than the calyx.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary Ovules
Ovules 2.
Note
Stated by Bogdan to be cleistogamous.
Habitat
Upland grassland and a weed in cultivation; 1950–2800 m.; rainfall ± 1100 mm.
Distribution
K3 T2
[FTEA]

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]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • 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