Fabaceae
Microcharis

Microcharis butayei (De Wild.) Schrire

First published in Bothalia 22: 165 (1992)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Nigeria to W. Ethiopia and Zambia. It is an annual or biennial 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: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Guinea-Congolia/Sudania regional transition zone; grasslands., Sudanian grasslands, Lake Victoria regional transition zone; grasslands, Zambezian grassland
Morphology General Habit
Annual, Not climbing, Herb
[ILDIS]

Leguminosae, J. B. Gillett, R. M. Polhill & B. Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1971

Morphology General Habit
Annual or biennial procumbent herb; stems up to 30 cm. long, sparsely appressed strigose.
Morphology Leaves
Stipules linear-attenuate, spreading, up to 3 mm. long; leaf-rhachis ± 7–10 mm. long, the lateral leaflets near its middle; leaflets 3 or rarely 1, cuneate-obovate, up to 13 mm. long and 9 mm. wide, appressed strigulose on both surfaces, or glabrous above.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Raceme 4–10-flowered, up to 2 cm. long, including a peduncle of 3–7 mm.; bracts linear-attenuate, ± 1 mm. long; pedicels up to 2 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx ± 2 mm. long, with narrow teeth.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Stamens ± 2 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod somewhat curved, ± 15 mm. long and 1 mm. wide, strigose, ± 10-seeded.
Habitat
Short grass beside paths and on river-banks; 900–1200 m.; rainfall 1400–1500 mm.
Distribution
northern Nigeria,northern Zambia U1
[FTEA]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • 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