Fabaceae
Taverniera

Taverniera multinoda Thulin

First published in Symb. Bot. Upsal. 25(1): 83 (1985)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Somalia, S. Arabian Peninsula. 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: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

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

Morphology General Habit
Shrub or shrublet, 0.5–1.8 m tall; stems sparsely to densely appressed pubescent, with internodes equalling or shorter than the leaves
Morphology Leaves
Leaves 1-foliolate or digitately to pinnately 3-foliolate; leaflets ± broadly obovate to obtriangular, 4–23 x 3–16 mm, sparsely to densely pubescent, at least beneath; petiole 0.5–7 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Racemes densely 1–6-flowered; peduncle 1–5(–7) mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx 3–4 mm long, ± densely appressed pubescent, lobes equalling or somewhat longer than the tube
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla 9–13 mm long, pink or yellowish
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod with 1–3 segments, stipitate; segments 4–7 x 4–5.5 mm, ± densely pubescent and with straight or curved to uncinate spines 0.5–2.5 mm long.
[FSOM]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
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

  • 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