Tephrosia scopulata Thulin

First published in Nordic J. Bot. 8: 464 (1989)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is N. Somalia. It is a shrub and 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, 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
Shrub, 0.5–1.5 m tall, broom-like with erect stems; young stems subglabrous to sparsely appressed pubescent
Morphology Leaves
Leaves 1(–3)-foliolate; petiole 10–100 mm long; leaflets linear, 12–75 x 1–2 mm, the lateral ones, if present, only about half as long as the terminal one, glabrous above, sparsely pubescent with minute hairs beneath
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers greenish-yellow with purplish tip to the standard, in lax pseudoracemes up to at least 35 cm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx minutely pubescent, 3–4 mm long, with narrowly triangular lobes about as long as the tube
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Standard pubescent outside, 5.5–6 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Style
Style glabrous, c. 2 mm long, not twisted, tapering towards the penicillate tip
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod straight or slightly upcurved towards apex, 25–35 x 3–4 mm, minutely pubescent, 1–3-seeded
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds 3.2–4.5 x 1.6–2.4 mm, smooth.
[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