Zornia albolutescens Mohlenbr.

First published in Kew Bull. 15: 327 (1961)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Kenya. It grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

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

Morphology General Habit
Perennial herb with woody roots 5 mm. thick and tufted habit.
Morphology Stem
Stems erect or decumbent, up to 4.5 dm. long, shortly pilose, glabrescent towards the base.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves 2-foliolate; leaflets oblong-elliptic, up to 32 × 8 mm., shortly apiculate, sparsely pilose, especially on the margins, glandular-punctate on both surfaces; lowest leaves unknown.
Morphology Leaves Stipules
Stipules narrowly lanceolate, up to 22 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts
Bracts ovate, acute, as long as or slightly longer than the internodes, beset with punctate glands and shortly and inconspicuously pilose.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers as long as or slightly longer than the bracts.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx ± 3.5 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Petals yellow with “dark” veins on the standard, which is up to 8(–10) mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Legume up to 10 mm. long and 5-seeded; segments 2 × 2 mm., glabrous, without or with a few vestigial bristles.
Habitat
Combretum, Commiphora bushland; 1050–1200 m.
Distribution
known from one locality only K4
[FTEA]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Insufficiently known
Ecology
Africa: Somalia-Masai bushland and thicket
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Herb
[ILDIS]

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]

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