Zornia songeensis Milne-Redh.

First published in Kew Bull. 25: 180 (1971)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tanzania. 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 wiry roots.
Morphology Stem
Stems decumbent, up to 6 dm. long.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves 2-foliolate; leaflets obliquely ovate at the base, grading to lanceolate and linear-lanceolate towards the apex of the stem, rather obtuse or the narrower ones subacute, mostly very shortly apiculate, glabrous, obscurely glandular-punctate beneath.
Morphology Leaves Stipules
Stipules narrowly lanceolate, up to 12 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts
Bracts ovate, acute, longer than the internodes, not obviously glandular, 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 creamy, with red veins on lower part of standard, and both wings and keel yellow apically; standard up to 8 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Legume up to 12 mm. long and 5-seeded; segments 2 × 2.5 mm., without bristles, glabrous.
Habitat
Sandy grassland in Brachystegia, Uapaca woodland; 990–1120 m.
Distribution
not known elsewhere T8
[FTEA]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Insufficiently known
Ecology
Africa: Zambezian woodland
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]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19891742/20165820

Conservation
DD - data deficient
[IUCN]

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