Fabaceae
Vachellia

Vachellia leucospira (Brenan) Kyal. & Boatwr.

First published in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172: 514 (2013)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Somalia. It is a shrub 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: low confidence
[AERP]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19891949/19999283

Conservation
LC - least concern
[IUCN]

International Legume Database and Information Service

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

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

Type
C1, near “Galkayu”, Bond & Pechanec 65 (EA holo.)
Morphology General Habit
Spreading shrub to 1 m high and 2 m wide; bark near the ground yellow and papery; young branchlets densely clothed with a white woolly indumentum
Morphology General Spines
Stipular spines 0.5–3.5 cm long, straight, spreading, woolly pubescent when young
Morphology Leaves
Leaves densely woolly pubescent; pinnae 5–11 pairs; leaflets 6–14 pairs, 0.5–1 x 0.25–0.5 mm, so small and compressed that the pinnae resemble single linear crenulate leaflets
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers white, in heads; peduncles 0.7–1.2 cm long, woolly with the involucel near the base
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx ± 2 mm long, densely pubescent
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla ± 3 mm long, pubescent
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pods curved or spirally coiled, thick and hard, dehiscent, (7–)13–16 x 2–2.5 cm, densely covered by a white woolly indumentum
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds black, (11–)15–16 x (9–)12–14 mm, ± ellipsoid, minutely wrinkled, without an areole.
Distribution
N3; C1 not known elsewhere.
Ecology
Altitude range 210–620 m.
Vernacular
Lacagaale (Somali)
[FSOM]

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

  • 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