Fabaceae
Zornia

Zornia brevipes Milne-Redh.

First published in Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2, 28: 98 (1954)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tanzania. It 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/19892338/20165245

Conservation
LC - least concern
[IUCN]

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

Morphology General Habit
Perennial herb.
Morphology Stem
Stems prostrate, up to 4.5 dm. long.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves 2-foliolate; leaflets obliquely linear-elliptic, the largest occurring about the middle of the stem, up to 50 × 8 mm., acute or shortly apiculate, glabrous, glandular-punctate beneath.
Morphology Leaves Stipules
Stipules lanceolate, up to 20 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts
Bracts ovate, acute, longer than the internodes, beset with punctate glands, glabrous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers nearly as long as the bracts.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx ± 3 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Petals yellow; standard up to 7 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Legume up to 13 mm. long and 6-seeded; segments 2 × 2.5 mm., without bristles, glabrous.
Habitat
Brachystegia woodland, secondary bushland and land once cultivated; 1350– 1500 m.
Distribution
not known elsewhere T5 T7
[FTEA]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Insufficiently known
Ecology
Africa: Zambezian woodland
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Herb
[ILDIS]

Sources

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    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    • 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/
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    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0