Fabaceae
Chamaecrista

Chamaecrista dunensis Thulin

First published in Nordic J. Bot. 8: 457 (1989)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Somalia. It 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: confident
[AERP]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Insufficiently known
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
S2, 10–12 km N of “Adale” on road to “Haji Ali”, 2°51’N, 46°17’E, Gillett & Hemming 24518 (K holo., EA MOG iso.)
Morphology General Habit
Shrublet, up to 18 cm high, intricately branched; stems densely pubescent with short spreading hairs
Morphology Leaves
Leaves up to c. 1 cm long; gland at or near top of petiole, shallowly cup-shaped, raised on a c. 0.4 mm long stalk; leaflets sessile, in 2–3 pairs, elliptic. to obovate-oblong, curved, 3–6 x 1.5–4 mm, pubescent on both sides with spreading hairs; midrib ± strongly eccentric and running nearer the anterior margin, usually giving off lateral nerves on both sides
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescences 1-flowered; pedicels 1–2 cm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Sepals acute
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Petals yellow, 7–8 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Young pod linear-oblong, c. 2.2 x 0.45 cm, pubescent
Distribution
C1; S2 not known elsewhere.
Ecology
Altitude range c. 15–75 m.
[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