Fabaceae
Trigonella

Trigonella falcata Balf.f.

First published in Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh 11: 509 (1882)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Socotra. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland 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: low confidence
[AERP]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/44987/10959170

Conservation
DD - data deficient
[IUCN]

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

Morphology General Habit
Annual, aromatic, with ascending glabrous stems to c. 20 cm long
Morphology Leaves
Leaves pinnately 3-foliolate, sparsely hairy; leaflets obovate-cuneate, up to 14 x 9 mm, toothed; stipules semisagittate, toothed at the base
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Racemes axillary, up to c. 15 mm long, shorter than the leaves, 2–7-flowered
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers soon deflexed; calyx c. 2 mm long, sparsely hairy, with lobes shorter than the tube
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla yellow, c. 4–5.5 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod up to c. 20 x 1 mm, linear, strongly curved, sparsely hairy when young, later subglabrous, with raised reticulate venation, c. 12-seeded, dehiscent.
[FSOM]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Insufficiently known
Morphology General Habit
Annual, Not climbing, Herb
[ILDIS]

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/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • 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