Tephrosia karkarensis Thulin

First published in Nordic J. Bot. 8: 463 (1989)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Somalia. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Descriptions

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

Morphology General Habit
Shrublet, up to 40 cm tall, densely branched; stems pubescent
Morphology Leaves
Leaves 1-foliolate; petiole usually obsolete; leaflet linear, 15–45 x 1–2(–5) mm, puberulous above, pubescent beneath
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers cream with pinkish tips to the wings or pale pink to mauve (see below), 1–2(–3) together in leaf-axils
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx pubescent, 2.8–3 mm long, divided into 1–1.2 mm long, narrowly triangular lobes
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Standard ± sparsely pubescent, c. 5 mm long with a fiddle-shaped blade, claw c. 2.8 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Style
Style glabrous, not twisted, terete, tapering towards the penicillate tip
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod straight or upcurved towards apex, 15–23 x 3 mm, appressed pubescent, 3–4-seeded
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds subcircular, 2–2.4 x 2 mm, smooth.
[FSOM]

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
Ecology
Africa: Somalia-Masai bushland and thicket
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Herb/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