Trifolium

Trifolium steudneri Schweinf.

First published in Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 18: 652 (1868)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Eritrea to Uganda. 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
Morphology General Habit
Annual, Not climbing, Herb
[ILDIS]

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

Diagnostic
Annual herb differing from T. lugardii Bullock in the following respects:inflorescence smaller, ±10–20-flowered and up to 13 mm. across; peduncle glabrous or nearly so even at the top; outer bracts abruptly and sharply pointed, up to 7 mm. long; inner bracts oblong, green-tipped, ± 3 mm. long; pedicels under 1 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx-tube 3–3 middot;5 mm. long, ± 40-veined, the teeth triangular, 2–3 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Standard 7–8 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Stamens ± 6 mm. long.
Habitat
Upland grassland and forest margins, especially in damp places; 1800–2400 m.; rainfall 900–1500 mm.
Distribution
K3 K5 U3
[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: confident
[AERP]

Uses

Use
Forage
[ILDIS]

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