Fabaceae
Zenkerella

Zenkerella egregia Leonard

First published in Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 21: 414 (1951)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tanzania. It is a tree 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: threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/32267/2811862

Conservation
VU - vulnerable
[IUCN]

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

Morphology General Habit
Tree 10–18 m. high; branchlets pubescent.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves:stipules obliquely reniform, 1–3(–4) cm. long, 0.5–2 cm. wide, foliaceous, persistent; lamina oblong-elliptic to obovate-elliptic, (6–)11.5–25 cm. long, (2.3–)4.2–9.5 cm. wide, acuminate at apex, widely rounded to subcordate and slightly asymmetric at base.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Axis of raceme ± 0.5–1 cm. long; pedicels glabrous, 6–10 mm. long (to 16 mm., fide Léonard).
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Sepals 6–7 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Petals 6–10 mm. long, 2–3 mm. wide.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
Ovary glabrous.
Figures
Fig. 20/1–6, p. 121.
Habitat
Lowland rain-forest, riverine and swamp forest; 270–400 m.
Distribution
not known elsewhere T3 T6
[FTEA]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Insufficiently known
Ecology
Africa: Zanzibar-Inhambane regional transition zone; forest
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Tree
[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/

  • 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