Fabaceae
Taverniera

Taverniera longisetosa Thulin

First published in Symb. Bot. Upsal. 25(1): 85 (1985)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Somalia. It grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Descriptions

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Insufficiently known
Ecology
Africa: Somalia-Masai shrubland
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Herb/Shrub
[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]

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

Morphology General Habit
Shrublet, 30–90 cm tall; young stems densely appressed pubescent; internodes shorter than the leaves
Morphology Leaves
Leaves 1-foliolate; leaflets narrowly obovate, 4–17 x 2.5–9 mm, glabrous above, appressed pubescent beneath; petiole 0.5–4 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Racemes densely 2–4-flowered; peduncle 1.5–5.5 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx c. 3.5 mm long, densely appressed pubescent, lobes equalling or somewhat longer than the tube
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla c. 11 mm long, pink
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod with 1–2 segments, stipitate; segments 5.6–7.2 x 4–5 mm, rather densely pubescent and with straight or curved slender spines 4–5 mm long.
[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/

  • 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