Crotalaria pleiophylla Polhill

First published in Crotalaria Africa & Madagascar: 175 (1982)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Ethiopia to Somalia. It is a perennial or subshrub and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Descriptions

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

Morphology General Habit
Herb; branchlets early glabrescent
Morphology Leaves Leaflets
Leaflets 4–6, oblanceolate to elliptic-obovate, 15–30 x 4–12 mm, sparsely appressed puberulous beneath; petiole ± as long as the leaflets
Morphology Leaves Stipules
Stipules linear, 1–2 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Racemes 10–40-flowered, rather lax
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx 4–4.5 mm long, subglabrous; lobes 1.5 times as long as the tube
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Standard yellow, glabrous outside; keel strongly rounded, 7–9 mm long, with a fairly short narrow slightly incurved beak
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod 17–20 x 3.5–5 mm, glabrescent except along the sutures from an early stage, 14–20-seeded.
Distribution
C2; S2; E Ethiopia
Ecology
Altitude range 5–300 m.
[FSOM]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Somalia-Masai grasslands
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]

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/

  • 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