Crotalaria warfae Thulin

First published in Nordic J. Bot. 8: 484 (1989)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Somalia. It grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Descriptions

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

Type
N3, 48 km NE of Qardo, Ambar Sare, Warfa 1019 (UPS holo., FT K MOG iso.)
Morphology General Habit
Perennial herb or shrublet, up to 30 cm tall; stems covered with a whitish indumentum of appressed to spreading short hairs
Morphology Leaves Leaflets
Leaflets 3, elliptic-obovate to suborbicular, 6–22 x 5–14 mm, ± pubescent above, densely pubescent beneath; petioles longer than leaflets
Morphology Leaves Stipules
Stipules absent
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Racemes fairly lax, c. 10–20-flowered
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx 3.5–5 mm long, pubescent; lobes equalling or longer than the tube
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Standard flushed brownish, pubescent along midvein outside; keel rounded in the lower part, c. 6 mm long, with a short incurved untwisted beak
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod oblong-falcate, 10–20 x 6.5–7.5 mm, with impressed sutures, densely pubescent outside, pilose on the inside along sutures.
Distribution
N3 not known elsewhere.
Ecology
Altitude range 360–780 m.
[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
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