Trifolium

Trifolium multinerve (Hochst.) A.Rich.

First published in Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 175 (1848)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Eritrea to Rwanda. It is an annual or perennial and grows primarily in the montane 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').
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
Annual or possibly perennial subglabrous herb; stems erect, up to 27 cm. tall or, if procumbent, not rooting at the nodes.
Morphology Leaves
Stipules under 1 cm. long, attached for half to two-thirds of their length, the free tips tapering gradually into long filiform points; petiole 1–5 cm. long; leaflets oblanceolate, acute or rarely rounded at the tip, up to 20 by 6 mm.; teeth fairly large; main nerves 5–7 on each side, at 20°–30° to the midrib.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescences 1–6-flowered; peduncle 1–4 cm. long; bracts minute; pedicel 1–2 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx sparingly pilose at the margin; tube 3–4 mm. long, 15–30-nerved, rather inflated but splitting down the upper side in fruit; teeth as long as or slightly longer than the tube, triangular, subulate at the tip.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla purple; standard cuneate-obovate, 7–8 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Stamens ±7 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary Ovules
Ovules 5–9.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod glabrous, beaked, ±7–8 by 2·5 mm.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds brown, oval-oblong, ±1·6 by 1 mm.; hilum at one end.
Habitat
Short upland grassland and moorland, especially in moist places; 1800–3650 m.
Distribution
K2 K3 K4 K5 U2 U3
[FTEA]

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

  • 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