Plantaginaceae
Misopates

Misopates microcarpum (Pomel) D.A.Sutton

First published in Rev. Antirrh.: 151 (1988)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SE. Spain, N. Africa to Sahara and N. Somalia. It is an annual 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

Morphology General Habit
Plant up to 45 cm tall, glabrous or pubescent below, mostly finely glandular-pubescent in inflorescence region, usually erect and branched
Morphology Leaves
Leaves linear to oblong-lanceolate, 7–43 x 0.7–4.5 mm, acute to obtuse
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Racemes lax; bracts linear, 9–20 mm long; pedicels 1–2(–3.5) mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx-lobes linear
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla pink, 6–11 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Capsule ± ovoid, glandular-pubescent
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds 0.55–0.75 mm long, dark brown, with straight marginal ridge forming a ring on the ventral face.
Distribution
N1 Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and perhaps in Spain.
Ecology
Altitude c. 1000 m.
Note
First record for Somalia (10º00´N, 44º57´E), where it was found in natural vegetation along with, for example, Wahlenbergia lobelioides subsp. nutabunda, another taxon with its main distribution in the Mediterranean region.
[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: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

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

  • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • 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