Fabaceae
Senegalia

Senegalia densispina (Thulin) Kyal. & Boatwr.

First published in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172: 508 (2013)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Central Somalia. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland 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/35159/9909632

Conservation
VU - vulnerable
[IUCN]

M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS

Type
C1, 5 km SW of “Dusa Mareb”, Thulin 5647 (UPS holo., MOG iso.)
Morphology General Habit
Shrub or small tree to 3.6 m tall; bark yellowish, papery and flaking; young branchlets greyish-white to purplish-brown, finely appressed pubescent; internodes 0.2–0.5 cm long
Morphology General Prickles
Prickles usually solitary, straight and ascending or hooked downwards, sometimes with 1–2 lateral, ± rudimentary prickles in addition
Morphology Leaves
Leaves small; pinnae 1 pair; leaflets 2–3 pairs, 1.6–3.2 x 1.2–2.4 mm, broadly oblong to obovate, glabrous
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers yellow green in c. 10–15-flowered globose to shortly spicate inflorescences on a c. 5 mm long peduncle
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx c. 1.6 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla c. 2.4 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pods straight, c. 30–35 x 13–14 mm, transversely veined, densely and shortly appressed pubescent and with sessile yellowish glands.
Distribution
C1 not known elsewhere.
Ecology
Altitude range 260–300 m.
Vernacular
Fulaay (Somali)
[FSOM]

International Legume Database and Information Service

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

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • 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

  • 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