Zornia punctatissima Milne-Redh.

First published in Kew Bull. 25: 179 (1971)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tanzania. It grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

International Legume Database and Information Service

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

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/70471683/97218949

Conservation
EN - endangered
[IUCN]

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]

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

Morphology General Habit
Densely tufted perennial.
Morphology Stem
Stems erect, arising among burnt-off bases of previous seasons’ stems, up to 4 dm. long, glandular-punctate.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves 2-foliolate; leaflets obliquely linear-elliptic, acute, glabrous, densely glandular-punctate on both surfaces, the largest occurring about the middle of the stem, up to 38 × 6 mm.
Morphology Leaves Stipules
Stipules lanceolate, up to 12 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts
Bracts ovate, acute, shorter than the internodes, densely beset with punctate glands, glabrous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers as long as the bracts.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx ± 3.5 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Petals yellow; standard up to 8 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Legume up to 17 mm. long and 6-seeded; segments 2.5 × 3 mm., without bristles, shortly pubescent, densely glandular-punctate.
Habitat
At edge of cultivated land in Brachystegia longifolia woodland; 1400 m.
Distribution
known from one locality only T7
[FTEA]

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