Lysimachia

Lysimachia elegantula (P.Taylor) U.Manns & Anderb.

First published in Willdenowia 39: 51 (2009)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. DR Congo to Angola. It is an annual or biennial 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: low confidence
[AERP]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/185518/8427373

Conservation
NT - near threatened
[IUCN]

Primulaceae, F. K. Kupicha. Flora Zambesiaca 7:1. 1983

Morphology General Habit
Erect perennial herb.
Morphology Stem
Stems 6–22(30) cm. tall, simple or very sparsely branched, sometimes pink below.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves 7–10 mm. long, alternate or subopposite, varying from subulate to narrowly obovate with mucronate apex, sessile or very shortly petiolate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers on pedicels up to 8 mm. long, arranged in simple or branched terminal racemes; inflorescence open and extending for much of height of plant or forming a dense pyramid at the stem apex.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx–lobes c. 3–5 mm. long, lanceolate–acuminate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla white or pink; lobes 4–4·5 mm. long, narrowly oblong with tridentate apex.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Stamens 2/3 as long as petals, the filaments white or crimson, slender above, expanded below, here very densely bearded, not connate, adnate to the corolla for c. 0·7 mm.; anthers 0·3–0·5 mm. long, greenish.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Capsule c. 1·5 mm. in diameter, circumscissile, many–seeded.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds 0·4–0·5 mm. long.
[FZ]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • IUCN Categories

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