Fabaceae
Dichilus

Dichilus reflexus (N.E.Br.) A.L.Schutte

First published in S. African J. Bot. 54: 184 (1988)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Tropical & S. Africa. It is a perennial, subshrub or shrub and 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: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Herb/Shrub
[ILDIS]

Leguminosae, various authors. Flora Zambesiaca 3:7. 2003

Morphology General Habit
Small bushy shrub 0.3–1.3 m tall, the thin stems sometimes forming clumps; branches appressed pubescent.
Morphology Leaves Leaflets
Leaflets 5–18 × 2–7 mm, oblanceolate to obovate-oblanceolate, rounded to slightly emarginate at the apex, minutely apiculate, appressed pubescent beneath; petiole shorter than the leaflets; stipules usually absent, if present then only at insertion of leaf-opposed racemes.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Racemes terminal on lateral branches, rarely leaf-opposed, 1–4 cm long, laxly 2–4(11)-flowered; bracts 2–3 mm long, linear ± as long as the pedicel; bracteoles on the pedicel, a little smaller.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx 4.5–7 mm long, appressed pubescent; lips longer than the tube, shortly lobed.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Standard pale yellow, with a few hairs outside medially and apically; wings shorter than the keel; keel 8–10 mm long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pods 25–35 × 4.5–5.5 mm, narrowly oblong, pubescent only along the sutures, particularly the upper one, (3)4–6-seeded.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds 2.5–3 mm across, dark green to almost black.
[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

  • 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