Fabaceae
Senegalia

Senegalia taylorii (Brenan & Exell) Kyal. & Boatwr.

First published in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172: 510 (2013)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tanzania (Lindi). It is a climber 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: confident
[AERP]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/158210/766757

Conservation
EN - endangered
[IUCN]

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

Morphology General Habit
Scrambling shrub up to 4.5 m. high.
Morphology Branches
Young branchlets densely pubescent with small arcuate-ascending hairs; glands almost absent.
Morphology General Prickles
Prickles scattered, deflexed, arising from longitudinal bands along the wholly grey or grey-brown stems.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves:petiole 1.7–3.9 cm. long; pinnae mostly 9–11 pairs; leaflets numerous. 17–34 pairs, narrowly oblong, 0.6–1 mm. wide; midrib subcentral at base.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers in heads about 7–8 mm. in diameter, irregularly paniculate.
Morphology Leaves Stipules
Stipules at base of peduncles small, up to 1.5 mm. wide, inconspicuous, soon caducous, not subcordate at base.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx greenish-cream; calyx-lobes glabrous and eglandular or almost so outside.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Petals greenish-cream.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Stamen-filaments creamy-white.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pods (Fig. 15/29, p. 66) stiffly papery, oblong, dehiscent, 11–15 cm. long, 1.5–2.7 cm. wide, glabrous except for scattered minute sessile brown glands.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds purple-brown, smooth, elliptic, flattened, 8–9 mm. long, 6–6.5 mm. wide; areole small, 4–5 mm. long, 1.5–2.5 mm. wide.
Habitat
Edge of dry water-course leading down to shore in coastal deciduous bushland at about sea-level
Distribution
known only from this gathering. T8
[FTEA]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Insufficiently known
Ecology
Africa: Zanzibar-Inhambane regional transition zone; bushland and thicket.
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Climbing, Shrub
[ILDIS]

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

  • 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