Fabaceae
Chamaecrista

Chamaecrista puccioniana (Chiov.) Lock

First published in Kew Bull. 43: 338 (1988)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Somalia. It is a shrub and 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, “Bàcba” valley, Puccioni & Stefanini 763 (FT lecto.)
Morphology General Habit
Much-branched shrub or shrublet, up to 1.5 m tall; stems glabrous
Morphology Leaves
Leaves up to c. 1.5 cm long; gland at top of petiole, sessile, flat, c. 0.3–0.5 mm in diam.; leaflets sessile, in 1–5 pairs, obovate-oblong to obovate, slightly curved, 3.5–8 x 1.8–3 mm, glabrous or almost so; midrib ± strongly eccentric and running nearer the anterior margin, but giving off lateral nerves on both sides
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescences 1-flowered; pedicels 1–2 cm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Sepals acute
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Petals yellow, 10–12 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pods linear-oblong, 2.5–3.5 x 0.5 cm, glabrous
Distribution
N3; C1 not known elsewhere.
Ecology
Altitude range 20–200 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: low confidence
[AERP]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Insufficiently known
Ecology
Africa: Somalia-Masai shrubland
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Shrub
[ILDIS]

Uses

Use
Forage
[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

  • 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