Fabaceae
Adenopodia

Adenopodia schlechteri (Harms) Brenan

First published in Kew Bull. 41: 78 (1986)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mozambique. It is a climbing shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical 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
Ecology
Africa: Zanzibar-Inhambane regional transition zone; bushland and thicket.
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Climbing, Shrub
[ILDIS]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/120959085/120980298

Conservation
VU - vulnerable
[IUCN]

Leguminosae, J.P.M. Brenan. Flora Zambesiaca 3:1. 1970

Morphology General Habit
Liane, armed with scattered recurved prickles on the stem, and often on the petioles and leaf- and pinna-rhachides as well; branchlets subglabrous to sparsely puberulous.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves with 2-3 pairs of pinnae; tendrils absent; leaflets 4-5(6) pairs, 0·8-3·5 x 0·9-2·3 cm., obliquely elliptic to obovate-elliptic, rounded and often slightly emarginate at the apex, cuneate to rounded at the base, glabrous except for some pubescence near the margins and near the base on the lower side.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Spikes axillary, 1-3 together, 2-6 cm. long, on peduncles 0·5-2·5 cm. long; axis pubescent.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers sessile, “dark red”.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx 0·75-1 mm. long, glabrous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla 3-3·5 mm. long; lobes c. 1·5 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Stamen-filaments c. 5 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pods (6)7-16 x 2-2·6 cm., falcately curved, rather thin, with a stipe 0·3-0·5 cm. long; joints slightly umbonate in the centre.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds c. 6 x 5 mm.
[FZ]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/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